Cheaper here

[gracia143]

Horlicks Al and Keith too

[Alan]

Horlicks Al:Erm

No Grace, believe me, it's true!

Al.

[Alan]

Speaking of airports - How come when I leave the UK with a case weighing just under 20Kg - have it checked in as such at Heathrow - transited at Hong Kong - how come when I check it in at Manila to fly to Cebu, it suddenly weighs 24.5 kilos?????

'Show us your bloody scale', I said. Sure enough - the scale read 24.5 kg.

'Excess baggage sir' I am told.

'I don't want to know about your missus' I say. 'How much d'ya want?'

'120 pesos sir.'

'Here you go - have a nice drink'

'Oh no sir, you have to take this paper to the desk over there.'

[ As a teacher you are supposed to possess patience to the 'n'th degree - but I know I'm being ripped off here - so I'm losing it]

(At the desk) 'That will be 136 pesos sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

This is inflation gone f*****g mad!!!!

I get the suitcase to Fuente Pension in Cebu and ask if it is possible to weigh my suitcase. It is! ( I recommend Fuente to anyone by the way)

How heavy is my case? 19.6 kg!!!

I rest my case!!!!

(Perhaps this should have been a rant)

I'm OK now I've got it off my chest (and got a glass of Bells )

Al.

[Welsh_Italian]

I had exactly the same thing! At home, my suitcase weighed just under 23kg - no problem as this was the limit for my flight to HK and I would pay excess for the Cebu-Pacific flight to Manila. At Gatwick the case came in at exactly 23kg, but in HK, it came to 24.8 with nothing being added in the meantime!

Methinks something is rotten, though to be fair, I wasn't asked to pay excess.

Speaking of airports - How come when I leave the UK with a case weighing just under 20Kg - have it checked in as such at Heathrow - transited at Hong Kong - how come when I check it in at Manila to fly to Cebu, it suddenly weighs 24.5 kilos?????

'Show us your bloody scale', I said. Sure enough - the scale read 24.5 kg.

'Excess baggage sir' I am told.

'I don't want to know about your missus' I say. 'How much d'ya want?'

'120 pesos sir.'

'Here you go - have a nice drink'

'Oh no sir, you have to take this paper to the desk over there.'

[ As a teacher you are supposed to possess patience to the 'n'th degree - but I know I'm being ripped off here - so I'm losing it]

(At the desk) 'That will be 136 pesos sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

This is inflation gone f*****g mad!!!!

I get the suitcase to Fuente Pension in Cebu and ask if it is possible to weigh my suitcase. It is! ( I recommend Fuente to anyone by the way)

How heavy is my case? 19.6 kg!!!

I rest my case!!!!

(Perhaps this should have been a rant)

I'm OK now I've got it off my chest (and got a glass of Bells )

Al.