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BA were of no help and couldn't even guarantee to get me out of Melbourne within a further 2 days so my Mum took the bull by the horns and booked me onto a Qantas flight from Melbourne to London via Dubai.  I found out the new arrangements when I woke to a stream of messages on Viber.

In due course I checked-in at Queenstown and paid the usual excess bag fees (an occupational hazard if you are a ski racer) to take the bags all the way through to London.  I was relieved to have off-loaded the skis etc and began to look forward to the trip home.

I had been at Melbourne for nearly 4 hours and the flight was boarding when my name was called out over the tannoy and I was advised that Qantas wanted an extra 3300 Australian dollars (over £2000) to take my bags to London, and if I didn't pay, they were going to take them off the aircraft - I would also be unable to travel.  I had no time to argue with them, I had to pay-up or not get home.  I did manage to negotiate a slightly lower figure with them but it was still disgusting and they treated me very badly indeed.

I was looking forward to home anyway but this nasty experience made my homecoming that much sweeter.  Flying around the world with loads of luggage is definitely not the glamourous pass-time some people think it is!