I may be wrong, this what I UNDERSTOOD to be the case, and I'm prepared to
be corrected.

I rang up Thomson this pm to check that, as told when booking with
Explorers, I'd be getting an extra 5kg luggage allowance on showing my dive
cards - a total of 25kg in the hold, 5kg in the hand.

However a quick look through their website before the call suggested my hand
luggage would be to a maximum of 10kg. Oh no, I was told, the hand luggage
allowance was of 5kg. The 10kg limit is for bookings made within the last
few days (I'd booked 8th June) AND replaces ALL OTHER luggage allowances.

As a diver I'd still be given an additional 5Kg free BUT I could carry a max
of 10Kg in the hand, with any extra going in the hold for which extra
payment was necessary. Having been thrown so off-balance so unexpectedly, it
didn't occur to me to ask what the hold rates would be - flat rate, or per
Kg or per 5Kg or whatever - but they apply EACH WAY too! So you get stung
twice for taking your kit. In fact with the limit at 10Kg you get stung for
anything more than a few T shirts, change of undies and a toothbrush almost!
incidentally, how does this reconcile with the requirment not to take more
than 100ml of "fluids" in your hand luggage? Toothpaste, deodorant,
shampoo - you've exceeded your limit! If you put it in the hold, you get
charged extra for it!

Either way, it looks as if the usual is happening - a low headline price,
and then a whole host of unavoidable (and costly?) extras once you're in.
Looks like Explorers just became more expensive.

Anyone confirm or refute this?

Ken