HELP!! MY way to get EXCESS BAGGAGE on Flight for FREE. And its half legal...

[casanovawa]

Yeah, i have caught Qantas to Europe before, or Qatar, and then while in Europe flown EasyJet and Ryan Air for all my flights... Definitely done the bit about putting on several layers of clothing and choosing the heaviest footwear etc because you start of near the 20kg limit on QF when leaving Oz and then start adding maps and other paraphernalia as you travel round over 4-6 weeks... Wearing a jacket with some big pockets can also be handy for stuffing Lonely Planet guides and other heavy items, wear your camera round your neck, carry on your netbook in your hand... But the idea about going and grabbing another shopping/duty free bag is handy...

Would do it if it saved me $30 or so in excess baggage... Times by however many flights you will be taking whilst overseas... Sorry if that doesn't sound high brow enough to qualify me as a real frequent flyer, but there are ways to avoid getting stung badly, whilst also using a bit of restraint when packing...

 

[legroom]

Most of us exceed the carry-on weight limits sometimes in our travelling lives.

I am not saintly.

Sometimes I do transfer the heavy items (hardcover books, laptop chargers, music boxes...) into the carry-on to reduce weight of the check-in baggage.

But I always try to limit to one carry-on as specified, admittedly some 2-3 kgs over.

The OP's suggestion of hiding items out of sights / masquerading excess items as DF is rather not in the spirit of the rules which exist to ensure everyone of us has some access to overhead locker space.

I feel disgusted sometimes seeing people with a loaded carry-on, a full size backpack, a full size shoulder purse plus some more swollen plastic bags - Must have been the OP !

Sorry to disagree with you, OP, but your "gain" is someone else's "loss".

And when that happens, it is no longer fair (nor allowed by the rules).

 

[AVC]

You know, you can buy inexpensive luggage scales. We use them all the time. The last thing I want to do at check in, is d*** around with repacking. There is lounge time to be had.

And once you get on board, you have to find space for all that cough.

I will admit my carry on really pushes the limits. But my camera and computer gear is heavy. But it's all in a single backpack.




"it's half legal!"

Yes. 50% illegal, 40% silly, and 40% waste of time and effort. But that's 130 percent?

You bet it is!

 

[totd]

I don't know why everyone is getting so up tight about someone suggesting juggling luggage between bags. The OP may have never been caught pushing the limits with carry on allowance, but I'd put my faith in the angels doing checkin. If someone is really doing something they shouldn't, I'm sure they'll get pinged. I know I've taken 8~9Kgs on a flight as carry-on (Mainly to avoid having checked luggage). Just because something is over the weight limit doesn't mean its going to take up too much space in the cabin (I too have a heavy Laptop, DSLR and lenses).

If we're talking about people unfairly using space on a flight it's not the bags that irritate me, it's the number of times i've been seated next to a larger person and they've ended up using half my seat as well as their own.