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Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / June 2008luggage
how heavy can a carry-on bag be? mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? > how heavy can a carry-on bag be? Ask your airline IME anything from 5 Kilos to unlimited. > mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? How do you know that it 10 pounds too heavy if you don't know the limit? tim >> how heavy can a carry-on bag be? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >How do you know that it 10 pounds too heavy if you don't know the limit? Can't you read? He asked if it's too heavy. He didn't say it was. >how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? They do have weight restrictions which you can see on various airlines' websites, though I have never seen them enforced. TSA lines are slow enough as is. >> how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >> mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? > > They do have weight restrictions which you can see on various > airlines' websites, though I have never seen them enforced. TSA lines > are slow enough as is. We had our carry-on luggage weighed in Cairns, Australia last Fall. They made a few folks pay for over-weight carry-ons.  SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life >>how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >>mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? > > They do have weight restrictions which you can see on various > airlines' websites, though I have never seen them enforced. TSA lines > are slow enough as is. The last five flights I've taken the hand luggage has been weighed. It is always weighed in India. SignatureWilliam 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. >>>how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >>>mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > The last five flights I've taken the hand luggage has been weighed. IME carry-on bags are more likely to be weighed at check-in if there's a chance that they will be able to charge you for checking it. Where this line is, obviously depends upon the airline's charge scheme for checked baggage. tim >>>>how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >>>>mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >line is, obviously depends upon the airline's charge scheme for checked >baggage. So have a friend go with you and keep the handbaggage while you check the other bags. >>>>>how heavy can a carry-on bag be? >>>>>mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > So have a friend go with you and keep the handbaggage while you check > the other bags. They tag them as well. How long is it since you took a flight that originated outside the USA? SignatureWilliam 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. >"William Black" <william.black@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>> They do have weight restrictions which you can see on various [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >line is, obviously depends upon the airline's charge scheme for checked >baggage. I've almost universally seen people have their bags weighed / size checked in response to how obnoxious they are, not on the size of bags or weight rules. Jim. > >how heavy can a carry-on bag be? > >mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? > > They do have weight restrictions which you can see on various > airlines' websites, though I have never seen them enforced. TSA lines > are slow enough as is. At least in the U.S., TSA does not weigh luggage. Checked luggage at the airline ticket counter is placed on a scale in the "cut-out" of the counter, before the tag is placed on. My one checked bag is larfge enough to pass the 50-lb limit if completely filled. So I try to use curb side check in - I've never seen any scales there. They just leave the bags on the sidewalk, slap on the tag, and tip it over onto the cart, hardly ever lifting the bag completely. I've never seen a carry-on bag weighed. To go over the 50-lb limit, in that small size, it would have to contain mostly books or bricks! >At least in the U.S., TSA does not weigh luggage. Checked luggage at >the airline ticket counter is placed on a scale in the "cut-out" of >the counter, before the tag is placed on. My one checked bag is >larfge enough to pass the 50-lb limit if completely filled. So I try >to use curb side check in - I've never seen any scales there. They do; at least Delta and Air Tran. I've had to juggle items. We went to Rome last year and i had a bag that was over 70 lbs. but fortunately I was able to put something in one of my wife's suitcases. >They >just leave the bags on the sidewalk, slap on the tag, and tip it over [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >in that small size, it would have to contain mostly books or >bricks! In 2000, my daughter went to France on BA. They weighed the carryons and the limit was 10 kg. I was shocked and had never seen that before. Fortunately she was fine. When she went back in 2002, it wasn't weighed. I've never had a carryon weighed in the US although I don't have problems lifting it into the overhead compartment. If there were a limit on carryons, it probably wouldn't be 50 lbs. but something less. I think if you carry on a bag the size is most important........that is being able to fit in the overhead compartment. ---- http://www.moviesitearchive.com/travel On Jun 22, 1:42 am, cha...@webtv.net wrote: > how heavy can a carry-on bag be? > mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? I think if you carry on a bag the size is most important........that is being able to fit in the overhead compartment. Use the basic rule of thumb. If it's heaver than you, it's not a carry-on. >I think if you carry on a bag the size is most important........that >is being able to fit in the overhead compartment. > >Use the basic rule of thumb. If it's heaver than you, it's not a carry-on. This is as good as it gets with this twit. > how heavy can a carry-on bag be? > mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? While most airlines post a limit for carry-ons, I have never had my backpack weighed. I just returned yesterday from a 4-segment coast-to-coast (return) flight using AA. They never weighed my small backpack. Perhaps those who are obviously over the weight and size limit are special targets for the airlines. I carry mostly electronic gadgets in my pack, including a computer, camera, a couple lenses, gps, Ipod, headsets, medicine, cell phone, paperback book, various cables and converters, cell phone, etc. While my backpack is fairly small and inconspicuous, I can easily put 30 lbs of small gear in it. Contemplating that airlines would soon be targeting all carry-ons for extra pocket change, I bought myself one of those 39-pocket microsuede jackets. It's great for shifting the small crap out of your carry-on and into your jacket. The link below gives you some idea of what you can stuff into this piece of clothing at the last minute. It might be a little uncomfy if you're checking through one of those little back-water airports, where the building isn't air-conditioned. http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070913/39-objects-for-the-39-pocket-travel-jacket/ My experience with the TSA so far is that they give a sh.t less about the carry-on weight. With one of these garments, I'm good to go until they start stripping everyone down at the counter and making them weigh their clothes and contents but I suppose we're not far off. rg : how heavy can a carry-on bag be? : mine is 10 pounds--too heavy? Yours is pretty typical of wheeled luggage, most of that weight is in the frame, handle and wheels. If you can carry an old fashioned type bag without wheel, those can be as little as 3-4 pounds. It is not that 10 pounds is too heavy, but there's often a limit to the total weight of your carry-on bag, so a light bag will let you pack more. What airline, and what kind of flight? Airline websites indicate that policies about carry-on weight vary: a quick glance at some likely candidates shows limits of 40 pounds at Delta and American; 35 at Frontier; no obvious mention of weight at Southwest or Northwest or United or JetBlue. In my recent (all USAmerican domestic) experience, I've never seen them weigh the things. They (and the security people) do care about the dimensions of the things, more hard-nosedly in some places or on some airlines than others. The traditional US "one piece of luggage and one small personal item" allotment is further restricted on flights to or from some other countries. There may also be restrictions on size and count of carry- ons for regional jets or turboprops, so pay close attention if you have a connecting flight on one of those. And, of course, the crew can decide during boarding that things are getting too full, and choose to grab large items at the end of the jetway and handle them as checked baggage. When packing a large carry-onI like to put everything I would really be annoyed without (sandwich, change of clothes, any prescription meds, whatever) in the laptop bag or "small personal item" case the roller bag and I must part company at the gate. Anyway, at ten pounds, if the dimensions are not problematic, I can't see anybody objecting to your item at all. At the other extreme, I'd be reluctant to carry on a >~ 40 pounder, especially if its dimensions meant that it had to go in the overhead bin, having seen things shift in flight and fall out just as they warn you. "Not everything that's legal is a good idea" -- but watch for more people to push these limits as more airlines get chintzier about the limits on checked baggage and impose fees for it. Watch your head when you arrive and people start opening those compartments! Enjoy your trip, --Joe |
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