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THE GULF country has announced passengers that are willing to check-in irregularly shaped luggage will have to pay an extra fee for the privilege.
But it appears Oman’s airports have been processing an unusually high amount of “irregularly shaped luggage” and want to either deter travelers from packing this way or make a buck for their odd luggage habits.
Also included in the new fee is luggage that falls into the “out of gauge baggage” (OOGB) category. OOGB is defined as luggage which is too heavy, to light, fragile or something which doesn’t have a single flat surface.
So if you’re thinking of packing an already inflated beach ball or a didgeridoo, you can expect to pay a fee, but it’s not very much.
Each irregularly shaped luggage will set you back around US$4 and OOGB luggage is roughly US$10.
Officials at Muscat (MCT) and Salalah (SLL) airports, where the new rules are being implemented, are urging passengers with these types of baggage to give themselves extra time.
If you’re willing to spend extra money transporting your abnormally shaped luggage, it’s because it’s important right? And you definitely wouldn’t want to forget it on the luggage carousel.
But believe it or not, thousands of bags go unclaimed each year at airports around the world and some of them contain some very peculiar items.
Here’s a selection of the strangest.
Egyptian artifacts
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In the 1980s, a male traveler was found with Egyptian artifacts stuffed inside a Gucci suitcase in the US.
Famous auction house Christie’s got its hands on them and sold them to the highest bidder, even though they belong in a museum.
A rich Barbie doll
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At an unclaimed baggage center in Alabama, US, a mother bought her child a forgotten Barbie doll.
Nothing too strange about that, it’s just like shopping in a thrift store. But when the child got physical with her new toy and yanked the head off, US$500 in rolled up notes popped out.
An airplane
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Yep, a five by eight-foot model airplane was forgotten at baggage reclaim. According to reports, it was part of an engineering student’s college project.
He probably didn’t pass that module.
Uncut emerald
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We think misplacing a good book on vacation is sad, so imagine how gutted you would be if you lost a precious emerald worth US$25,000.
One unlucky traveler did exactly this, but he managed to get it back.
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