Luggage Allowances

Regarding flying inside Kaz borders, you can carry 20kg for free, and you will pay $2.50 per kg over (20kg=44lbs). Here is a site for metric conversion if you want to figure out your luggage for yourself. Also found:

BMI British Midland (London)

• Here is the BMI site regarding luggage allowances
• Checked luggage: 2 pieces, max total weight 20kg (44lbs)
• 1 piecemax size 55x40x23cm, plus one personal item
• All passengers travelling to and from the UK are not permitted to check in any bag that weighs in excess of 32kg (70lbs).
• Checked baggage on flights to the USA and Caribbean should have maximum dimensions (length + width + height) of 158cm (62ins).
• Excess baggage fees: £7/€10.50 per kg outbound, and £7/€10.50 per kg inbound (about $7.50 pound). Euro/Dollar conversion today 1€ = $1.56
  

KLM (going through Amsterdam)

• Here is the KLM site regarding luggage allowances
• And KLM site regarding excess baggage fees - this site is quoted in Euros. Looks like its EUR 30 per kg (1 kg=approx 2.2 lbs)/ (approx $21.25 per lb). You can get a 30% discount by checking in online.
• Euro/Dollar conversion today 1€ = $1.56
• Economy allowances: 2 pieces, eachmax. 23 kg (50 lbs)
• max. 158 cm (3-dimensions)

Lufthansa (through Frankfort)

• Here is the Lufthansa site regarding luggage allowances
• Economy Class: 2 pieces, 23 kg each to and from USA and Canada
• I believe that overage cost is €30*/kg (approx $21.25 per lb). Euro/Dollar conversion today 1€ = $1.56
• Max size per piece: 22" X 16" X 8"

Employer Adoption Benefits

I recently had a meeting with the president of the company I work for, and made a proposal requesting that they provide formal adoption benefits to all employees (and of course me in particular.) I essentially asked for benefits equal to what biological moms are offered. I should hear an answer sometime this month.

Anyone out there who would like to encourage your employer to consider adoption benefits, I found a boatload of helpful information on these web sites:

http://www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.com/

http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/

- Regina

Childhood Disabilities: Early Identification and Intervention

Coping.org - this site can be translated easily into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, or Spanish

Floor Time Activities