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Originally Posted by saskflames69
This sort of relates to the topic so I'll post it here.
I was checking in my suitcase at McCarran International earlier Friday and I found out my bag was 2 lbs over the weight limit. The woman at the counter said it would be a $50 fee. So naturally I had to open up my bag and take out a bunch of clothes and place them in my brother's bag to get myself under the weight limit.
What I noticed was that a relatively overweight man was in line right behind us. He must have weighed at least 260 pounds.. that's more than my younger brother and I combined.
Now what I must ask is why are some airlines so concerned with weight limits on checked bags, even as little as 2 lbs over, when some passengers are clearly carrying too much weight themselves?
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If they could, they would. It's really stupid. I have two bags, one that is 2 pounds over the limit and the other is 10 pounds under the limit. Yet I have to move the 2 pounds into the other bag. It's just an extra fee the airlines can charge you with. They will ding people any way they can.
The stupidest thing is that THEY NEED HEAVY LUGGAGE. I was on a trip once where they accidentally put our flight's luggage on the 6:30pm flight rather than our 7pm flight. So once we were all boarded onto the plane they came on and said they had good news and bad news. When we got into Ottawa our luggage would already be on the floor and not have to wait for the carrousel. Bad news was that it was going to be another 20 minutes while they loaded sand bags into the luggage compartment to balance out the plane. So in other words they charge you for something that they need to complete the trip.