In Reply to: Garuda...request for extra weight... posted by nessie on Thursday, 23. February 2006 at 21:34 Bali Time:
I used to be able to obtain transport grants for transporting charitable donations overseas.
The guidelines used to be that the value of goods needed to be 10 times the cost of freight to qualify. This ensured we weren't sending worthless rubbish.
I'm not sure what the cost of 10kgs of excess baggage is, or whether your donations are 10 times that in value, but if they're not, then you are probably better off taking the monetary value over there to add to their economy.
Garuda are doing their best in a tight market.
Cheers