Luggage advice/info sought

William Black wrote:

"der gediegene dgs"
wrote in message ...

You're picking at some awful tiny nits, and
you still haven't disproved my notion that it's quite easy to pack for
travel and not have to bother with check-in.

Well you're still going to have to go to check-in to have your documents
checked and your carry-on weighed.



When did they start weighing carry-ons? The last time I flew was in
September and they weren't weighing them.

"SMS" wrote in message
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William Black wrote:

"der gediegene dgs"
wrote in message ...

You're picking at some awful tiny nits, and
you still haven't disproved my notion that it's quite easy to pack for
travel and not have to bother with check-in.

Well you're still going to have to go to check-in to have your documents
checked and your carry-on weighed.



When did they start weighing carry-ons? The last time I flew was in
September and they weren't weighing them.

They weigh them in Europe. You forget that this is not strictly a US group.

In article ,
SMS wrote:
When did they start weighing carry-ons? The last time I flew was in
September and they weren't weighing them.

Airlines based in Asia do have carry-on weight limits (often 7kg or so).
Weighing of carry-ons seems to happen only occasionally, though.
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(Timothy J. Lee) was claimed to have wrote:

In article ,
SMS wrote:
When did they start weighing carry-ons? The last time I flew was in
September and they weren't weighing them.

Airlines based in Asia do have carry-on weight limits (often 7kg or so).
Weighing of carry-ons seems to happen only occasionally, though.

Airlines in most countries have weight limits on carry-on baggage,
although few actively enforce it.

"SMS" wrote in message
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William Black wrote:

"der gediegene dgs"
wrote in message ...

You're picking at some awful tiny nits, and
you still haven't disproved my notion that it's quite easy to pack for
travel and not have to bother with check-in.

Well you're still going to have to go to check-in to have your documents
checked and your carry-on weighed.



When did they start weighing carry-ons? The last time I flew was in
September and they weren't weighing them.

Try flying from an airport not in the Americas.

In the past year or so I've flown from a variety of airports in Europe, the
Middle and Far East and only once has my carry-on not been weighed.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

On 1/16/2009 9:21 AM William Black ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

"der gediegene dgs"
wrote in message ...

You're picking at some awful tiny nits, and
you still haven't disproved my notion that it's quite easy to pack for
travel and not have to bother with check-in.

Well you're still going to have to go to check-in to have your documents
checked and your carry-on weighed.

I flew SEA-BRU via CPH last September. Went to an e-ticket kiosk, got
my seat passes, went to the gate, got on. No weighing of carry-on at
any point in the process.

On 1/17/2009 8:47 AM William Black ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

Try flying from an airport not in the Americas.

In the past year or so I've flown from a variety of airports in Europe,
the Middle and Far East and only once has my carry-on not been weighed.

I flew VIE-IAD-SEA last October. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Flew BRU-IAD-SEA last March. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Etc.

Just luck o' the draw, I guess.

On Jan 17, 2:08*pm, the real dgs "d?g
wrote:
On 1/17/2009 8:47 AM William Black ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

Try flying from an airport not in the Americas.

In the past year or so I've flown from a variety of airports in Europe, *
the Middle and Far East and only once has my carry-on not been weighed.

I flew VIE-IAD-SEA last October. *Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Flew BRU-IAD-SEA last March. *Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Etc.

Just luck o' the draw, I guess.

Just flew Singapore-SFO, didn't have my carry-on weighed, but a
relative who flew DEL-Singapore told me she did. She had to move some
stuff from her carry-on to her check-in.

Rupa Bose www.rupabose.org wrote:
On Jan 17, 2:08 pm, the real dgs "d?g
wrote:
On 1/17/2009 8:47 AM William Black ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

Try flying from an airport not in the Americas.
In the past year or so I've flown from a variety of airports in Europe,
the Middle and Far East and only once has my carry-on not been weighed.
I flew VIE-IAD-SEA last October. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Flew BRU-IAD-SEA last March. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Etc.

Just luck o' the draw, I guess.

Just flew Singapore-SFO, didn't have my carry-on weighed, but a
relative who flew DEL-Singapore told me she did. She had to move some
stuff from her carry-on to her check-in.

Taipei to SF, no weighing of carry-on.

Rome to SF, no weighing of carry-on.

Maybe it's only on flights _within_ Europe or Asia.

"SMS" wrote in message
...
Rupa Bose www.rupabose.org wrote:
On Jan 17, 2:08 pm, the real dgs "d?g
wrote:
On 1/17/2009 8:47 AM William Black ignored two million years of human
evolution to write:

Try flying from an airport not in the Americas.
In the past year or so I've flown from a variety of airports in Europe,
the Middle and Far East and only once has my carry-on not been weighed.
I flew VIE-IAD-SEA last October. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Flew BRU-IAD-SEA last March. Didn't have my carry-on weighed.

Etc.

Just luck o' the draw, I guess.

Just flew Singapore-SFO, didn't have my carry-on weighed, but a
relative who flew DEL-Singapore told me she did. She had to move some
stuff from her carry-on to her check-in.

Taipei to SF, no weighing of carry-on.

Rome to SF, no weighing of carry-on.

Maybe it's only on flights _within_ Europe or Asia.

Well at Bombay International every flight I've ever taken, both
international to Europe or the Middle East and internal for the past three
years, the carry-ons have been weighed.

Also at Newcastle in the UK late last year on a flight to Dubai.

They didn't get weighed at Manchester about three weeks ago on a flight to
Paris though.


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.