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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 1:55 pm
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Mark_K
 
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Originally Posted by SJC1K
But the average weight for (pax + carry-on) is calculated on the assumption that the carry-ons all fit. The size of the bins limits the average carry-on that can be brought on board. Moving a carry-on to the hold increases the "carry-on" capacity and the average calculation is no longer valid.
SO if we really want to screw with them sometime, we can just have everybody request a gate check for their large carry on bags.
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