Speaking of being stopped at customs, I always seem to be checked, swabbed (haha), and re-checked when I travel alone. I guess they do target individuals... and maybe with short spiky hair and glasses:P
nicks: It does make life easier but be warned that even odds they'll ask to weigh your bag at checkin - and 7kg isn't that much when you take off the weight of the bag.
I've done it before to the UK on hand luggage alone so its possible. Just looking at a lighter bag to see if I can gain any weight for extra stuff.
Check out Briscoes and Strandbags. They both have a new range of luggage that's ultra light weight.
Their large check in bag is around 2.5kg, so half the weight of a normal suitcase.
Cabin luggage is also about 1kg lighter than normal.
Strandbags is much cheaper, Briscoes has better colours and slightly different colours but costs more.
knoydart: Not a big fan of the wheelie stuff unless its a Pelican case and thier version come in at 6.1Kg for the 1510 case.
Have been looking at the Henry from Cactus however. Kiwi made and 600g for the pack. Already use a zero pack and rather good in my opinion.
Wow, that's nice and light. Not very big though, for that money you'll get twice the size in an ultra light wheelie bag. The wheely bag is 4 times the weight though.
I wouldn't want to see those straps get caught in airline conveyor belts though.
All Air New Zealand international flights departing from Auckland are no longer restricted to 3 hours before departure for checkin. Checkin for international flights opens at 4am each morning, after which you can checkin for any flight departing that day, whether it be early morning or late night.
For last minute checkin, bear in mind that all Air New Zealand international flights close for checkin at minus 45-40 minutes before departure. You would need a very good excuse to be checked in after that time.
Best to checkin early to avoid the disappointment of missing your flight.
late as possible leaves too much to chance. even if you live 10mins at normal traffic from the airport then some unknown roadworks are happening it can cause extremely long delays.
I always like to take a book, get through all the adminny stuff at the airport and just sit at the gate or in the coffee shop and read for a while.
Just be thanksful we don;t have to q up for stupid departure tax anymore. we still pay it, but queueing up was such a major pain in the butt before.
graemeh: Wow, that's nice and light. Not very big though, for that money you'll get twice the size in an ultra light wheelie bag. The wheely bag is 4 times the weight though.
I wouldn't want to see those straps get caught in airline conveyor belts though.
Just the right size for carry on however.
Straps are not usually a big problem with ruc sacs I find, some airlines going down the tray route and others offering the oversized plastic bag route.
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