In Reply to: departure cards posted by Maisy on Thursday, 25. August 2005 at 11:59 Bali Time:
of corruption that rears its nasty head at departure.
Be careful of the excess luggage ripoff. A friend had it happen to her and I was unlucky enough to witness it myself to the people in front of us at the checkin counter a couple of weeks ago. I saw what was happening and approached them and whispered in their ear what they would probably be faced with. Told them not to accept it and try hard to barter their way out of it as much as they could.
The guy behind the counter saw me talking to them and when it was my turn .. and we had excess of about 14kg .. he smiled and said he would look after me. Alas no charge for excess at all.
I saw the people in front of me over an hour later and things had gone exactly how I had said. They ended up paying $100AUS for their excess which was much less than was originally asked for.
So all in all .. just be careful and don't accept what you are originally told.