Any scandal, I am really missing any gossip !

Post by **Nilegoddess** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:18 pm

come on you lot any scandals happening, any gossip I am having dreaful withdrawal symptoms.

All boring here in UK, the only thing that keeps my going is Corrie.

Has the term "boot sale" hit egypt yet ?....would be very interesting hey and a way of ex pat to get rids opf their cast offs and unwanted stuff.

Post by **Hurghada Lady** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:58 pm

I don't think "Boot Sale" has hit us yet, I seem to give everything away to people that have just moved into a new flat to help them out.

Post by **New Gal** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:50 pm

Hurghada Lady wrote:I don't think "Boot Sale" has hit us yet, I seem to give everything away to people that have just moved into a new flat to help them out.

Thats really nice of you, got anything left for me please??

That 20 kilo limit is starting to really bug me

Post by **Hurghada Lady** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:23 pm

What are you going to be able to bring with that amount LOL, not even enough clothes!! What about your shoes???

I am sure I will have items that you will need New Gal

Post by **Ebikatsu** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:48 pm

some good boot sales up here in Cairo but they call them garage sales

American term I think?

Last one I got some handbags, big cushions and a pair of ornate lamps

dead cheap too!

Post by **Christine** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:41 am

Come on be honest New gal the limit on what you can bring isnt just starting to bug you, it has ALWAYS bugged you

Post by **New Gal** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:25 am

Christine wrote:Come on be honest New gal the limit on what you can bring isnt just starting to bug you, it has ALWAYS bugged you

Very true!

I thought I had made my peace with it but evidently, I haven't and its come back with a vengeance lol.

I can't do sale shopping, hate rummaging so garage/car boot type stuff is sooooo not me.

I plan on calling the airline and lying that I am going to get married as they always let you have a bit extra, then when I check in, I pray it’s a bloke that checks me in so I can flirt my way through getting the rest through. Failing that, I'll just pay! I think it was Dawn Bev on the blue side who said I wouldn’t need heels, that’s not even an issue, even my flat collection is in double/triple figures…. much will be getting left behind

Post by **Nilegoddess** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:40 pm

20k is NEVER enough, they just dont think of everything a girl needs on these trips and case alone weigh 6-7 kilos empty these days......suggest new gal you wear everything in fact maybe 15 layers of clothes and 10 hats and your snorkeling gear and then 10k will cover the toiletries and shoes in the case.

I had to abandon the teabags and bottle of Baileys last time it was horrendous !

I heard a friend went Egyptair and took 60k, never surely !! she must have had a blind check-in assistant I say.

Post by **Sharm4me** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:23 am

I have been with Egyptair with a lot of excess from the uk but I think they may have turned a blind eye cos the flight was going to be delayed which meant I missed my connection in Cairo to Luxor, they did put me up in a hotel overnight in Cairo because it was their fault. One time when I moved back to Luxor from Sharm for a while I went with 40kilos of hold luggage and about 20kilos of hand luggage, the man who loads the bags onto the weighing machine pointed out the weight to me I just smiled and said 'not a problem' and bunged him a few LE....he was happy to let it go through!

Post by **Lisak** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:29 am

Nooooooo, not the Baileys NileGoddess!!!!!

I could NEVER have left that! I think I'd have left half my clothes than that!!:lol:

Post by **Hurghadapat** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:18 am

Have always found Egyptair very good when it comes to excess baggage,have never been charged for it and sometimes was well over.Seems to be the charter flights that are really strict and charge you for everything

Post by **Hurghada Lady** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:29 pm

I always fly Egyptair, and have always come back well overweight, I checked in my weight was 78 kilos, she didn't bat an eye just straight through, and then on top of that I had my hand luggage which I couldn't carry on my own LOL. Egyptair have always been good with baggage allowance.

Futhermore Nilegoddess, was that my Baileys you abandoned????????????

Post by **Ebikatsu** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:21 pm

Egyptair are definitely the best for excess baggage

Post by **Nilegoddess** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:45 pm

yes HL it WAS the very precious Baileys and 2 bottles of wine that I had to abandon plus left a pair of trainers shoes....they wanted to charge me £35 for an excess of 3 kilos !!

Maybe I will break the bank and start looking at Egyptair for the future the thing is its normally £280-£300 for a return flight with them against £130-£165 that I am paying with Easyjet.

Post by **Goddess** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:22 am

And this is why I love KLM.
2 bags of 23 kilos each in the hold and 10 kilos hand luggage. Think I should be able to fill most of that!

Post by **New Gal** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:34 am

Booked through Thomas Cook, they are THE worst when it comes to baggage allowance but Egypt Air only fly from Gatwick I think and it takes me nearly as long to get there as it does to get to Hurghada so I sacked that off.

It'll be fine, will just pay for the excess plus friends will be coming over so they can bring stuff. I may come back too after a few months so can bring some more stuff then.

Post by **Hurghadapat** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:51 pm

If you come back after a few months it's more than likely you will have to use egyptair as you wont be able to use charter flights

Post by **Christine** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:15 pm

Come on girls what gives the topic title was any scandal etc, and the only scandal im seeing is the limit imposed by thomas cook, on the baggage allowances, so, is that it, is that really all the scandal............ no cant be, this is egypt ............there must be some??

Post by **New Gal** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:49 pm

Christine wrote:Come on girls what gives the topic title was any scandal etc, and the only scandal im seeing is the limit imposed by thomas cook, on the baggage allowances, so, is that it, is that really all the scandal............ no cant be, this is egypt ............there must be some??

Lol, I don't know of any, perhaps we should make some up?!

Post by **Christine** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:16 pm

Yeah maybe we should ha ha, hows your head ache now honey x