I'm planning to travel to India from an international destination, and leaving back to the same international destination. My airline allows me to check two bags weighing 50 pounds each, and I plan to make full use of this allowance.
However, when I was booking my ticket, I found that the ticket price to my final destination in India is significantly more expensive than booking a ticket to a major hub airport (e.g. DEL, BOM, etc.) and a separate domestic ticket to my intended destination. I'm aware that if I book a ticket straight through to my final destination, I can carry the full allowance all the way through. However, I've searched around and found that if I book a domestic flight on a separate ticket, I'll only get a baggage allowance of around 15 kilograms (by weight).
As I plan to carry around 45 kilograms of baggage, which is significantly more than the 15 kilograms permitted by most airlines I've checked, it seems like I'll have to spend a lot of money in excess baggage fees. Is there a way I can transport the bags more cheaply than paying those fees, or booking a through ticket, which will probably add hundreds of dollars to the ticket price? Is there a service where I can get the baggage shipped cheaply? Or should I book a train ticket instead?
