Cruise tour cases questions????

[bcnvcanada]

We are taking a cruise tour and are worried about our cases. We will have three large cases, plus two (larger size) carry ons. We will be flying

Shanghai, to Xian, Xian to Bejing. We have flown in China before, and our

carry ons, we too big and went under. We are flying buisness class to and from Asia, but the cruise line arranges the air in China. As anyone do this?

We have tried call the cruise line, they really didn't know, our Travel Agent also was unable to get this information. Thanks for any help.

[Floridiana]

We flew within China last May and our travel agent repeatedly said before the trip that the airlines charge for any additional cases. We flew economy in China. Each person could only check one case for free.

 

What do you mean by your carry-ons 'went under'? They had to be checked? Wouldn't that be three extra suitcases which you and your travel partner have to check and pay for? In addition, each flight segment counts separately. I don't think that the airlines soften the rules for cruise tours.

 

By the way, our 4 week China trip was an amazing experience!

[CupKayke]

We are taking a cruise tour and are worried about our cases. We will have three large cases, plus two (larger size) carry ons. We will be flying

Shanghai, to Xian, Xian to Bejing. We have flown in China before, and our

carry ons, we too big and went under. We are flying buisness class to and from Asia, but the cruise line arranges the air in China. As anyone do this?

We have tried call the cruise line, they really didn't know, our Travel Agent also was unable to get this information. Thanks for any help.

 

It was my recent experience with Air China that each person can check two bags on any flight within or to China - even the small 2 hour flights - you can check two bags per person. It was also my recent experience that you can carry-on anything you can carry - there were multiple Chinese flyers with multiple bags per person and as along as they could carry them, not a word was said. Our group started getting a bit lax and doing the same thing on our last couple of flights - I carried a backpack, a purse, and a big bag with a large box of cookies for my co-workers on two Air China flights - no questions asked. I got to the states and the United Airlines lady said "Okay, I'll make an exception" but she was being nice and I had too many carry-ons. It's different in China.