In Reply to: Garuda, excess baggage and good luck... posted by balifever on Sunday, 20. February 2005 at 17:10 Bali Time:
Just came back from bali Fri night with Garuda. We approached the desk and after weighing the baggage we were 17 kgs over the limit. The male attendant told us that he could overlook the excess if we let him search our luggage. My partner was well alerted at this comment and said that we would pay the excess. The paperwork was filled out and we were told us to go over to the excess baggage cashier. When we got over there the cashier told us that that if we went over to the Garuda office they would probably give us a discount. We ended up only paying for 5 kgs excess. I could not understand why he would want to search our luggage. My partner then told me that anything could be put in our bags by who ever was going to search all for the sake of about $168. Also any of our purchases in bali could be taken as a 'payment' for the excess.