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Swiss Air - Baggage & Racism

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Dec 15, 2009, 6:10 PM

Silent Bob Silent Bob is offline

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I have a suggestion: travel lighter. How do you go from 3kgs to 5kgs??? I don't see any racism here either. It looks as though they gave you an opportunity to repack, some airlines will insist you pay right away.

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Moreover I was threatened that If I did not pay immediately I will be missing my flight.

that doesn't sound like a threat, sounds like you didn't wanna pay for your bags. Of course they will not check you in if you don't pay. why not simply repack and carry on the excess?

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