A bit council (Vol 3)
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alorotom said:
I wonder this too. My wife’s cousin died in Goa recently (a trip for his 21st birthday) and the family brought his body back to cremate. The cost of flying it back was £15500. I suggested could they not cremate him in Goa with immediate nearest and dearest and fly the remains back as hand luggage and then have a scattering ceremony in the uk for wider family and friends - honestly you’d think I’d just teabagged their beloved family cat
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!
kowalski655 said:
alorotom said:
I wonder this too. My wife’s cousin died in Goa recently (a trip for his 21st birthday) and the family brought his body back to cremate. The cost of flying it back was £15500. I suggested could they not cremate him in Goa with immediate nearest and dearest and fly the remains back as hand luggage and then have a scattering ceremony in the uk for wider family and friends - honestly you’d think I’d just teabagged their beloved family cat
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!Dog Star said:
kowalski655 said:
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!
Monarch - the now defunct airline - bring a cat back with me from Malaga £505. Fare for me (one way) was £38. Eh?Going to happen a lot more with belts tightening around Europe, if not the world. Flybe had to be bought out, Norweigian is asking for a cash injection (BA want's to buy them anyway), Ryanair is using its cash reserves to squeeze out competitors and quite unashamed about admitting it.
With animals, I think the have to tranquillise them if they put them in the hold (it has been years since I've transported an animal though) as well as liability insurance.
alorotom said:
kowalski655 said:
alorotom said:
I wonder this too. My wife’s cousin died in Goa recently (a trip for his 21st birthday) and the family brought his body back to cremate. The cost of flying it back was £15500. I suggested could they not cremate him in Goa with immediate nearest and dearest and fly the remains back as hand luggage and then have a scattering ceremony in the uk for wider family and friends - honestly you’d think I’d just teabagged their beloved family cat
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!May I venture to suggest:-
1. Don't die abroad.
2. If you really must die abroad, then be cremated abroad, then you can bring the ashes back in a Tesco bag.
Far too much sentimentality about dead bodies, especially by council types.
captain_cynic said:
Dog Star said:
kowalski655 said:
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!
Monarch - the now defunct airline - bring a cat back with me from Malaga £505. Fare for me (one way) was £38. Eh?Going to happen a lot more with belts tightening around Europe, if not the world. Flybe had to be bought out, Norweigian is asking for a cash injection (BA want's to buy them anyway), Ryanair is using its cash reserves to squeeze out competitors and quite unashamed about admitting it.
With animals, I think the have to tranquillise them if they put them in the hold (it has been years since I've transported an animal though) as well as liability insurance.
It may or may not be true, but we were advised to request the pilots put the heating on in the hold, as it apparently isn't routinely done. Any pilots on the forums may be able to confirm this detail.
The Mad Monk said:
Far too much sentimentality about dead bodies, especially by council types.
As ever - it's always those that can afford it least that seem to spend money on stuff like this.I tend to agree re. the dead. Human breeding is out of control, we are an infestation using up more and more resources. To waste them even more on moving a dead body halfway round the planet is ludicrous.
The Mad Monk said:
Why are you flying around with cats?
I wasn't - I was wanting to bring back a cat from a friend who looks after street cats in Malaga (I realise that this is somewhat at odds with my statement above on bringing dead bodies back) but it works out cheaper to have them sent as part of a batch in a van.I work in Gibraltar and was planning on just returning via Malaga with said cat so checked it out. Also a lot of work colleagues have flown them, but it's extortionate. There's not too much to it, present animal in approved container at checkin along with paperwork and off it goes.
bobtail4x4 said:
could you not just incinerate the cat and bring it back in an urn?
plenty of free cats in shelters here.
I have never understood the idea of "rescuing" animals by bringing them back here, when our shelters are overflowing.
The RSPCA put down thousands a year.
Any rescue is in need though, and unfortunately no one can rescue them all. Our two came back with us from our Honeymoon in Greece. Sarah had fallen in love with one of them, 6 years a stray, with one eye. She deserved some happiness, and that is now what she has. At least a rescue in a centre has food and warmth, which is more than our two could take for granted. plenty of free cats in shelters here.
I have never understood the idea of "rescuing" animals by bringing them back here, when our shelters are overflowing.
The RSPCA put down thousands a year.
kowalski655 said:
alorotom said:
I wonder this too. My wife’s cousin died in Goa recently (a trip for his 21st birthday) and the family brought his body back to cremate. The cost of flying it back was £15500. I suggested could they not cremate him in Goa with immediate nearest and dearest and fly the remains back as hand luggage and then have a scattering ceremony in the uk for wider family and friends - honestly you’d think I’d just teabagged their beloved family cat
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!Dog Star said:
kowalski655 said:
How the hell do the airline justify£15k? The body is coming back in the hold,not first class FFS!
Monarch - the now defunct airline - bring a cat back with me from Malaga £505. Fare for me (one way) was £38. Eh?bobtail4x4 said:
could you not just incinerate the cat and bring it back in an urn?
plenty of free cats in shelters here.
I have never understood the idea of "rescuing" animals by bringing them back here, when our shelters are overflowing.
The RSPCA put down thousands a year.
My retired mum very nearly went down the route of re-homing a foreign dog (she didn't want to due to how many home grown ones there are) as she was just so exasperated with the demands of the RSPCA to re-home a dog, in the end she managed to get a dog from a local, smaller shelter.plenty of free cats in shelters here.
I have never understood the idea of "rescuing" animals by bringing them back here, when our shelters are overflowing.
The RSPCA put down thousands a year.
HTP99 said:
My retired mum very nearly went down the route of re-homing a foreign dog (she didn't want to due to how many home grown ones there are) as she was just so exasperated with the demands of the RSPCA to re-home a dog, in the end she managed to get a dog from a local, smaller shelter.
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