Excess Baggage

I can only comment on Thomson flights,the yardstick for them is.20kg or 44LBS of hold luggage,and 5kg or 11LBS of cabin luggage.If you book 21 days or less before departure date.your allownce is reduced to 15 kg or 33lbs hold  luggage,cabin luggage remains the same 5kg.BUT if the accomadation is Named,your luggage allowance remains at 20kg and 5kg,but you will pay £15 PP to pick up your ticket at the airport.Duty free allowance is 3,200 fags per person and 12 ltrs of spirits PP  in luggage providing you have the weight,failing that you buy the same allowance once through security,then its the cabin crew's problem to stow it away for you.I can rember a few years back going to Ibiza,the cabin crew handed out duty free slips.if you required anything,you filled it in,with flight number etc,paid for it in advance.on you homebound journey to the UK ,produced bill at the duty free counter and hey presto  your goods were there waiting for you all bagged up,still had to get it up the steps and onto the plane,don't know if they still do that now,as I say it's only a yard stick!