Monday
Jan092012
January 9, 2012 Weighing of Carry-On Bags
I’d like to start a non-scientific survey geared towards NON-WHEELED bag travelers.
If you are a non-wheeled bag travelers and have flown an airline with a carry-on weight restriction of say less than 9kg (19 lbs) or so, please answer the following questions:
1) Airline & weight limit
2) Boarding city and destination
3) Make and model of bag
4) color of bag
5) Was your bag weighed?
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on?
(Sorry to those who travel with wheels. Nothing against you but it’s not pertinent to this survey.)
Reader Comments (9)
2) Boarding city and destination - Miami to Sao Paolo
3) Make and model of bag -TB Tristar
4) color of bag - Red
5) Was your bag weighed? - nope, it was not weighed either in or out of the country, and it was overweight
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on?
2) Boarding city and destination Birmingham UK once, Bristol UK once, destination Malta, return trip)
3) Make and model of bag Red Oxx Air Boss, Tom Bihn Western Flyer
4) color of bag: Navy, Grey
5) Was your bag weighed? Never. Nor was there any hint of bags being weighed.
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on?
2) Boarding city and destination - SYD to Kuala Lumpur & Shanghai
3) Make and model of bag - Tom Bihn Western Flyer + Kathmandu packable shoulder bag
4) color of bag - both red
5) Was your bag weighed? Western Flyer was weighed
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on? WF was 5 kg; personal item was not weighed
1) Airline & weight limit - Virgin Blue (now Virgin Australai)
2) Boarding city and destination - Ballina to Sydney
3) Make and model of bag - Tom Bihn Western Flyer + conference satchel
4) color of bag - WF - red, other was navy
5) Was your bag weighed? No, just sighted
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on? NA
2) Boarding city and destination: Melbourne to anywhere!
3) Make and model of bag: No name backpack pre-2010; Tom Bihn Western Flyer post-2010 (mine); Red Oxx Air Boss (husband's)
4) color of bag: Yellow (No name); Grey (WF), Red (AB)
5) Was your bag weighed? Maybe once (the no name backpack)
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on? Not overweight
1) Airline & weight limit: Air Asia 7 kg
2) Boarding city and destination: Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur
3) Make and model of bag: WF + AB
4) color of bag: Grey; Red
5) Was your bag weighed? No
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on? N/A
2) Boarding city and destination: Washington-Dulles to Venice via Frankfurt-Main
3) Make and model of bag: Red Oxx Sunchaser
4) color of bag: Midnight
5) Was your bag weighed? No
5a) If your bag was weighed and overweight, was it checked or were you allowed to carry on? n/a
2) Boarding city and destination: LAX to Lima, Peru
3) Make and model of bag: Timbuk2 Wingman
4) Color of bag: Blue/Gray
5) Was your bag weighed? No
2) Boarding city and destination: HKG to DBX
3) Make and model of bag: Design Go UK backpack
4) Color of bag: Gray
5) Was your bag weighed? yes, over by 3 kg, allowed to carry on.
6) Plus carried on one personal bag abt 5 kg, not weighed. Was in economy class.
2) Perth-Adelaide (and return), Adelaide-Hobart (and return), Perth-Melbourne, Melbourne-Hobart, Hobart-Sydney, Sydney-Perth
3) Kathmandu Cubic (rectangular mini backpack)
4) Black
5) No, never weighed
In all my flying in Australia and New Zealand (including Qantas in the past) I've never yet seen anyone's carry on bags get weighed. Many get on with bags which are obviously oversized or too numerous, but are let through unchallenged - leaving little room in the overhead bins for underweight bags like mine.
2) Boarding city and destination: HKG to IST to LAX Comfort Class (Premium Economy)
3) Make and model of bag: Design Go UK backpack
4) Color of bag: Gray
5) Was your bag weighed? No, but only weighed 6.5 kg
6) Plus carried on one personal bag abt 3.5 kg, not weighed.