Jeffles, you still around?

Like I posted before, when I was there last year / this year, they
were clamping down like you wouldn't believe. You don't get away wiv
nothin' and they upped the cost of excess baggage. Vague memories of
an extra suitcase costing almost the cost of another seat.

I can sorta understand it. If 300 people try and carry an extra 20kg
that's a fair whack of freight they may have allocated for the hold
that cannot fly.

Cheers
Kev

 

That sounds interesting. However, airfreight is charged by a weight-volume
formula. So much per kilo and so much per cubic meter. If you have a large
light parcel it will be charged by volume rather than weight. I think the
cubic metre rate works out to be about the same as 250 kg, but a bike crate
would be around 2 metres.

Just checked on Toll Priority https://priority.toll.com.au/ who we use. 1
metre is equivalent to 250kg domestic or 166.67kg international. Can't see
that being cheaper than by weight for a bike. Maybe they have some other
deal.

Theo

 

Righto, unboxed it and (in that way that centrestands are) it's an odd
shape; it was already padded with bubble-wrap so I've surrounded it
with a padpak bag and put the delivery note in with that.
Probably makes it easier for Paul to stuff in his case I'd think.

Paul: e-mailing you off-list to arrange meet-up and transfer.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

snip

Nev,

I challenge you to take your bike by airfreight to NZ & back cheaper
than I can, with all the inclusions I offer.

i.e. Melbourne to Christchurch & back, including the NZ Tourist Rego,
a Warrant of Fitness and the Marine (airfreight) Insurance while your
bike is in transit.

If you can do it I'll pay for the airfreight.

Kind regards
Dave Milligan

 

I'm not trying to enter into a pissing contest or start a business rival
to yours Dave, I just mentioned an observation by some RTW travellers.

...and since you made me go back and check, I had it arse about and they
reported that Qantas charged for _uncrated_ bikes by weight not volume,
and the cost of flying two bikes (combined weight 536kg) from Sydney to
Auckland was $AU1372 (in 2001).

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

Thanks for that Nev.

Those figures would be right in 2001. Now,... I'd hate to think, but
airfreight can't compete with sea freight on price alone.

Kind regards
Dave Miligan

 

Even if the price had gone up by 50% in the meantime, in the context of
my original post - for a one way traveller - it's probably more
convenient than sea freight, and when you throw in the cost of the
downtime in Sydney or Auckland for 10 days with no wheels, it's probably
far more attractively priced than a simple raw figure comparison lets on.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

Yeah I accept that.
Most of my clients want a service where I do all the work. They ride
in and ride out. Plus 99% don't have a hassle with the 14 days (not
10, or very rarely) without their bikes.

For a bike you're looking at $1500+ each way, plus Customs Clearance &
Quarantine charges at both ends, Dangerous Goods certification,
paperwork to do with the airfreighting, Carnet cost of $400, crating
(or not with some airlines) and then don't forget I rego the bikes and
get then Road worthied in NZ and then there's the cost of transit
insurance all of which are included in my prices.

You could do all that stuff yourself, but if you've never done it
before, where will you start,...or you could employ a Customs Broker
to do some of it. What you will pay a Broker will be equivalent to
what I pay my Broker to Clear a whole container of bikes and the
Quarantine charges will be the same as I pay for a whole container.

Kind regards
Dave Milligan