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I have just been aware of the limited weight I am allowed to carry in my luggage : 15kg.
The problem is that I am not known for my ability of travelling light.
One might say “didn’t she check that kind of informations before booking ?”. Well, I usually do but this time, my mom booked the flight for me and she has completely forgot to tell me that limited-weight-thing.
For now, I am a bit upset. How could she do that to me ? Last time we travelled together, we had one luggage for both of us and it appeared that we carried 12kg for three days.. Should I specify that she didn’t take a lot of things ?
So, here I am, less than ten hours before leaving home and my luggage weighs more than 19kg. With that company, carrying excess baggage costs $10 per extra-kilo.
- “It’s okay”, says my aunt. “You just need to take a handbag”
I already have a luggage, my not-so-little purse and my laptop-bag. And I am not planning to take a cab but to take buses.. But do I have the choice ? Believe it or not but I have already put aside all the unnecessary things.
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The day before I left (1)
I have just [been made]/become aware of the [limited weight]/weight limit I am allowed to carry/weight allowance for/in my luggage : 15kg.The problem is that I am not known for my ability [of travelling]/to travel light.
[One]/You might say “didn’t she check that kind of informations before booking ?”. Well, I usually do, but this time, my mom booked the flight for me, and she has had completely forgotten to tell me about that 'limited-weight-thing'.
For now, I am a bit upset. How could she do that to me ? Last time we travelled together, we had one piece of luggage/one case for both of us, and it appeared that we carried 12kg for three days.. Should I [specify]/say that she didn’t take a lot of things ?
So, here I am, less than ten hours before leaving home, and my luggage weighs more than 19kg. With that company, carrying excess baggage costs $10 per extra-kilo.
- “It’s okay”, says my aunt. “You just need to take a handbag”
I already have a suitcase/piece of hold* luggage, my not-so-little *handbag/[purse] and my laptop-bag, and I am not planning to take a cab, but to take buses.. But do I have [the]/a choice ? Believe it or not, but I have already put aside all the unnecessary things.
* 'hold luggage' is what you check in at the airport counter, and it goes in the aircraft's hold [storage]
* in the UK it is a (lady's) handbag, and your 'purse' is the small zipped case in which you keep money ; in the US a handbag is a purse
It depends on the airline, the type of flight, and other things, but you can often 'get away with' a modest weight excess. Try to get it down to 17kg, and decide what you'll take out at the airport if they still insist on charging you extra.
Cela dépend de la compagnie aérienne, du type de vol, et d'autres choses, mais vous pouvez souvent «s'en tirer avec» un excès de poids modeste. Essayez de le réduire jusqu'à 17 kg, et décidez de ce que vous allez enlever à l'aéroport si on insiste toujours à vous faire payer des frais supplementaires.
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