• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Samoa Air begins charging customers by weight

Bateluer

Bateluer

Lifer
http://www.dailytech.com/Samoa+Air+Now+Charging+Passengers+by+Their+Weight/article30257.htm

Customers will have to start typing in their weight when purchasing Samoa Air tickets online, and pay anywhere from about $1 to about $4.16 per kilogram (depending on whether they're traveling short domestic routes or between Samoa and American Samoa).
Click to expand...

Article notes Samoa is on the top ten lists for obesity as well.

"This is the fairest way of travelling," said Chris Langton, chief executive of Samoa Air. "There are no extra fees in terms of excess baggage or anything – it is just a kilo is a kilo is a kilo."
Click to expand...
 
If you're flying in this, you want to be aware of every pound you're carrying.
612353-samoa-air.jpg
 
They have weigh-ins at the airport for verification but what if a passenger fails? Conversely, do they get a partial refund if they lost weight?
 
blackdogdeek said:
They have weigh-ins at the airport for verification but what if a passenger fails? Conversely, do they get a partial refund if they lost weight?
Click to expand...

It doesn't look like a pass/fail. You get charged by your weight, if you weigh less at the gate check in, you'd get charged less. And charged more if you weighed more.
 
They need to balance the weight too. I was riding a small world at Disneyland once and saw a boat full of somoans with all the defensive lineman size guys on one side. I thought it was going to capsize
 
Bateluer said:
It doesn't look like a pass/fail. You get charged by your weight, if you weigh less at the gate check in, you'd get charged less. And charged more if you weighed more.
Click to expand...

I hope there's a margin of error that they'll allow because I could see this delaying just about every flight from its original departure time.
 
When you fly around the Caribbean in the small planes they usually ask how much you weigh before they let you on, fatties up front!
 
Sounds fair enough. The cost of the flight depends on the weight of the cargo, why not make that more transparent to the passenger?
 
Samoans could pay anywhere from $1 to $4.16 per kilogram
Click to expand...

ok... so if you are one kilo over weight you pay 1 buck, but if you are 10 kilos over weight you pay 3 bucks?

how do they decide how much extra one pays?
 
blackdogdeek said:
Oops, I didn't know that. Are they just an intra-Samoa carrier?
Click to expand...

I think Cook Islands is the farthest they serve their planes only carry 5-10 passengers

Edit: Looks like passenger service is only intra-Samoa and to American Samoa
 
Last edited:
JEDI said:
wow.. faster than predicted
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2309958
Click to expand...

I wouldn't get too excited about this. Doing something like this for an airline the size of Samoa Airlines operating a couple of tiny planes out of a couple of tiny airports handling ones of people a day is a bit different than putting this into place for someone like Delta with its massive fleet servicing massive airports handing tens of thousands of people a day
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top