Is there an excess baggage scam??

Have you recently found yourself paying excess baggages charges on the return leg of your holiday?

Were you told you would have to pay excess after the luggage had gone onto the conveyor system?

Did you find that they only accepted cash in payment for the excess baggage costs?

Were they many others also having to pay excess baggage charges on the same flight?

What better way to make money than to alter the scales on the check in desks by a tiny percentage, one turn with a screwdriver to adjust the scan is all it would take in some instances. No credit card transactions so that the money paid could be shared out by those in on the scam!!!!! Poor holiday makers scared that their luggage would not be waiting at their home airport.

Now you know that there is a potential for this to take place my advice is to

• weigh your luggage if possible before you reach the airport.
• make sure you obtain a receipt for payment which shows the amount of excess weight you are carrying.
• weigh the luggage on your return home and then report and differences to the airline involved.
• add a comment on this page as to the airline and airport you flew back from including where possible the date.