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Upto 100 Euro to check in two bags with Iberia


The Spanish airlines is reported to be introducing new luggage charges from October 20 2009

Iberia airlines are to charge from 15€ for checking in luggage on their routes from the 20th of this month and if a second suitcase is checked in the charge could be as much as 100 €.

Following the lead of some of the low-cost airlines, Iberia says the new charges for luggage will be imposed on national and European routes and on flights to Israel, and they make the change under new EU legislation.
Passengers will be able to take carry-on luggage weighing no more than 10 kilos.

A checked-in bag will cost 15 € if booked on the internet, but if down at the airport 25 € will be charged. A second piece of luggage will cost 70 € on the web, and 100 € at the airport. An additional 15 € will be charged on bags over 23 kilos upto 32 kilos maximum.

El Mundo prints the details of the charges, which they say come from an internal document and will be administered to all tickets sold after October 20th. If you purchased a ticket before that date, for a flight after, your payment will be respected, but the new rates for excess baggage will be charged.

The ‘puente aereo’ between Madrid and Barcelona, and those using the Iberia Plus Platino, Oro and Plata, Club Fiesta and Class Y will not face the new luggage charges.

On the airline’s other routes, including those to Latin America and Africa, the first suitcase of upto 23 kilos is included in the ticket as before.

from typically spanish

"The Spanish airlines is reported to be introducing new luggage charges from October 20 2009"
No surprise there then. Just falling in with the rest. The public wanted cheap flight seats, they got them, now it is payback time for the carrier.
As with everything else in life, you get what you pay for. There is no such thing really as a free meal!!

Also, the sooner the better that they clamp down on the hand luggage restrictions currently in force with some. The majority adhere to it but here is always some ignorant, usually loud mouthed, idiot who will try and abuse, knowing that they will delay others, but no consideration (As with overweight suitcases).

I for one have no problem with the charges, as long as they enforce the rules on all passenegers.

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