Australian Business Traveller

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British Airways revamps Europe tickets, cuts free checked luggage

British Airways is shaking up European fares from its London Gatwick hub, with new "no bag" tickets on sale now for flights from 26 February. The airline insists the basic luggage-inclusive ticket...

POSTED ON 25/2/13 14 comments
United slashes business class baggage limits, adds $200 fee

United Airlines is cutting baggage allowances with immediate effect for business and first class passengers across its network. Business class passengers' luggage limit is now two bags of 32 kg eac...

POSTED ON 18/2/13 1 comment
Qantas changes international luggage limits to match Emirates

Qantas will change international baggage allowances from counting number of bags to counting their weight, bringing them in line with Emirates, as the Qantas-Emirates alliance starts up on 1 April....

POSTED ON 12/2/13 15 comments
Virgin Australia's new baggage limits: more for most flyers

Virgin Australia's new checked luggage rules, recently introduced alongside the airline's move to the Sabre booking system, could catch a few travellers unawares. But on the whole, passengers...

POSTED ON 21/1/13 4 comments
Christmas trees fly free all December on airberlin

This story proved too good for us to resist, especially on mid-week 'hump day'! Christmas trees may not be a common sight on the baggage belts at Australian airports, but things are a bit differen...

POSTED ON 5/12/12 3 comments
Pack like a pro: roll some clothes, fold others

Since the suitcase was invented (and certainly since business travellers have tried to squeeze everything they need into a carry-on sized one), packing to avoid wrinkles has been top of the list. ...

POSTED ON 15/8/12 1 comment
Louis Vuitton luggage videos show you how the other half packs

If you've got more money than sense and are toting Louis Vuitton luggage, the luxury bagmaker has some fun animations of how to pack so that you can amuse yourself instead of doing whatever it is t...

POSTED ON 27/7/12 3 comments
Save time when packing: keep essentials in your carry-on at home

Hate packing? We'll let you into a secret: so do we! That's why the Australian Business Traveller team is always on the lookout to make one of business travel's more frustrating tasks fa...

POSTED ON 25/6/12 6 comments
What to do when an airline damages or destroys your luggage

It's a rare frequent flyer who hasn't had an airline wreck their baggage -- whether it's a giant crack down your "unbreakable" hard-sided case, a rip in your "military-grade" ballistic nylon bag, o...

POSTED ON 13/6/12 2 comments
Virgin Australia introduces new luggage rules and restrictions

Today sees the start of Virgin Australia's new rules for checked baggage on all domestic flights and trans-Tasman services to New Zealand. The airline moves from its current system of chargin...

POSTED ON 16/5/12 8 comments