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Flying Jetstar? You’re in for an expensive shock. What you need to know about changes …without pre-booking would cost $515!

FROM August 15, discount carrier Jetstar is jacking up its checked baggage fees for domestic passengers.

If you show up at the airport for a domestic flight and want to check in luggage that hasn’t been pre-booked, you’ll be charged $60 for the privilege, up from $50 currently. If your checked bag weighs more than 15kg, you’ll also have to pay $15 for each extra kilo.

That means for a 32kg suitcase, the biggest single item allowed, you’d potentially end up paying a massive $315 simply to check it in.

Jetstar’s move, while annoying, is typical of a budget carrier sector, where much of the profit comes from extra charges for services like baggage, seat selection and in-flight meals.

Tigerair has an even more aggressive fee scale, and lifted its prices in December last year. Checked baggage that isn’t pre-booked costs $75 for short domestic flights (under 2 hours) and $90 for longer flights. Its excess weight charges are also higher, at $20 per kilo for short flights and $25 per kilo for longer flights.

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That means a Sydney-Perth flight with a 32kg bag checked at the airport without pre-booking would cost $515. At that price, you would likely have been better off booking with Qantas or Virgin, which as full-service airlines offer free checked baggage.

Analysis by finder.com.au shows that the rates are much more affordable if you book your checked baggage when you buy your ticket. Prices for checked baggage booked with your flight start at $15 for Jetstar and $15.50 for Tigerair. That’s a quarter of what you’ll pay at the airport for Jetstar.

If you book separately from your ticket but before you reach the airport, prices kick off at $32 for Jetstar and $24.50 for Tigerair, depending on the route. That’s higher, but still well below the at-airport charges.

So the lesson is a simple one: if you know you’ll need checked baggage, book it with your flight.

Final tip: Don’t assume you’ll be able to get away with overloading your carry-on luggage. Both Jetstar and Tigerair have a strict policy of no more than two items with a combined weight of 7kg, and staff regularly check and weigh bags at the gate.

Source: Jetstar checked bags: What you need to know about changes

‘Disbelieving’: Australian politician on official study trip denied entry to US

Lebanon-born Victorian Labor MP Khalil Eideh stuck in Vancouver after being stopped boarding Denver flight with group

An Australian state MP has been prevented from entering the United States, and fellow travelling politicians have been given no reason for the move.

Lebanon-born Khalil Eideh, a Labor MP in Victoria, was stuck in Vancouver on Friday after a United Airlines staffer told him he was not allowed to board a flight to Denver with the rest of the group.

“The United Airlines staff knew he had been denied entry to the US before any of us,” the Sex party MP Fiona Patten told AAP from Denver on Friday.

“He was incredibly upset … disbelieving.”

Patten said Eideh was not told why he wasn’t allowed on the plane.

Source: ‘Disbelieving’: Australian politician on official study trip denied entry to US | Australia news | The Guardian

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Traffic chaos: Incident closes Stirling Highway Bridge

THERE is traffic chaos on Stirling Highway after Fremantle Traffic Bridge was closed in both directions to allow police to attend to an incident.

Stirling Highway is closed between Tydeman Road and Canning Highway in North Fremantle.

Main Roads WA has advised motorists to avoid the area and seek an alternative route.

Source: Traffic chaos: Incident closes Stirling Highway Bridge | Perth Now

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