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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:21 pm 
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mum...dad....grandad.....grandma.....junior. 1...junior 2.....and 1 shorty in its own car seat makes seven..

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7 suitcases/7 hand luggage, no problem

except 5 of the suitcases could have held me and weighed as if maybe they did (except i was doing the lifting, unaided), then there was two laptops and a fold down buggy, all going en-route to florida

i think they had hired thier own Galaxy or Hercules

what got me was the terse comment by "dad"

"can you get a trailer for the return, im not happy with this...."


i can, except ive no towbar....unless he wants to pay extra

3 of the adults needed a year on the fatfarm, maybe the suitcases were full of mars bars

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i just realised


the 1 year old in the child seat must have had the smallest suitcase, the same size as i take to spain for 2 weeks, thats a lot of nappies....

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If dad wasn't happy where had you put the suitcases?

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toots wrote:
If dad wasn't happy where had you put the suitcases?


i was THIS close to saying, "ok, you have the right to cancel me and book another service"

this was at 5.30am, 90 minutes from manchester airport, with a 10am flight and a 3 hour check-in...

im not the sort to mince words, if they dont like it......

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wannabeeahack wrote:
"can you get a trailer for the return, im not happy with this...."

I suspect he booked you not for your good looks, but because you were cheap.

If he wants a bus, then best he books one.

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i told him not to buy too many pressies, i dont think ill be getting one

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Weight limit?

That is a factor which few multi seaters seem to consider....


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cabbyman wrote:
Weight limit?

That is a factor which few multi seaters seem to consider....


well, if you take the base transit as the T280 with a 1400kg payload, take off the trim and 8 seats, id guess i could carry.....

800kg?

but those cases were kin heavy...whats the luggage allowance on Virgin transatlantic, a horse per person?

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32 kg it seems

5 x 32kg 160, plus a couple smaller say 2 x 25kg 50kg = 210kg

hand luggage x 6

2 fat ladies (HOUSE!)

3 geezers

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