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Warnings Or Dangers: Beware of Overweight Luggage "Tax"
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  • Written by toontown on Jan 21, 2005
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    • On the way out of Punta Cana we were faced with a $50 "tax" for overweight luggage, even though we were leaving with less stuff then we arrived with. We were too mellow by that point in the vacation to argue, and figured it was some sort of DR airport tax/scam, but I have since discovered numerous complaints about this "tax" from people travelling Sky Service in particular. Apparently, if you are energetic enough to protest, the employees checking in your luggage may waive the tax. As you will see from my travel tip about Sky Service, I was not happy with the service generally, so this is yet another reason to find a different carrier to the DR.

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    downshift96 Tue Jun 19, 2007 01:35 UTC
     The airlines are starting charge $50 for overwieght luggage.So from now on I will take 2 large luggage and a carry on just to even out the wight.    		marcoparco Sun Jul 4, 2004 23:15 UTC
     Nice page with great elaboration!!! I see you enjoyed the watersports! Cheers
    genispp Tue Jan 6, 2004 11:03 UTC
     Beautiful page. Your photos are great    		ATLC Mon Jan 5, 2004 06:04 UTC
     Very good tips !
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