Buy a second seat in order to bring an extra bag?

9/6/2013 2:20:24 PM

I know you’ve solved this — last year from the dates, but just in case it comes up again, as I understand you can’t buy a separate seat because you’ll have nobody to check in for that seat. All baggage needs to have a named passenger and you don’t have a passenger to check in.

However, at least a few weeks ago, EasyJet allowed you to check an extra bag (for a few) but the 20k limit applies to all the bags (but you can buy more for a fee). 6k and 1 bag extra cost me 30GBP booked in advance.

If you’re travelling with a lot of luggage you’re better to look at shipping it somehow, or check out the difference in business class flights on a non-budget airline. They have a bigger baggage allowance and, if you get a good deal, it can actually work out cheaper (even better if you have status with an affiliated frequent flyer scheme).

But you’ll never be able to send baggage checked into an empty seat. Even if someone went to the airport with you and checked in the bagged would (probably) be offloaded when it was clear they weren’t going to board the plane.

Edit to answer Andra’s question

If you can arrange with someone you trust to pay their ticket and have them carry your baggage then that would work. However they’re going to be asked ‘did you pack this yourself’ — if I was doing that I would definitely want to go through the bag. No way am I checking a random bag onto a plane. Even for a friend. But, in theory, you can do that — just be aware that people are going to regard it as somewhere between strange and outright illegal and that may get you into issues.

Also, if they happen to lose that bag you’ll need the support of the extra person to get it returned (and they’ll likely have to identify the bag and contents to prove it’s theirs).

Seriously, shipping stuff is not that expensive — particularly if you don’t care how long it takes to get there.

9/6/2013 1:53:45 PM

On one airport I saw an advertisement of a company that seems to specialize in shipping excess baggage. It might be more convenient to use these guys. Disclaimer: I am not affiliated and I have never tried this company.

Also for the particular route from Poland to London you have a choice of local companies that specialize in road transport and cater for Polish emigrants in the UK, e.g. I successfully used this one

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