Originally Posted by
DownUnderFlyer
We mostly agree on things but here we disagree. Flying in F should not overrule everything. The limit of 32kg per bag is not just an OZ thing. Many airports and airlines do not allow any bags over 32kg no matter how much you pay or which class or airline you fly in. The main reason behind this is OH&S rules for staff.
Unfortunately I have flown out of HKG way many times and on many different airlines, UA, OZ, NH, JL, SQ, CX.
(HKG is my orignial home, ORD is my new home, whenever I go back to HKG I always overpack stuff to come back to ORD) I never had a issue with any airlines. I know that almost every airline fly to US almost has the same rules. When flying Y, they usually say don't do this next time, when I fly F or C, they don't really care as I am not way overweight. Even when flying F previous time with OZ out of HKG, they were handled by KA staff, not this group of people. (I know that because KA staff was wearing their KA uniform, this new group was wearing OZ uniform) They were more lax about this baggage issue. I saw from the scale it was a little over, but the agent just tag my bag without saying anything, just put on a "HEAVY" tag on it.
This is a bit off topic, but I know for one airlines calculate a pax can have certain amount of weight of luggage to determine overall the weight of the plane, they don't really care the weight of individual luggage, 210lbs all together for *G, mine are 130lbs, even less than only 2 checked bags.
Originally Posted by
DownUnderFlyer
Again, an agent will get a written warning or can get fired for allowing a 32.1kg bag (depending on the airline and airport of course). You can not pay for the extra weight there is no surcharge for this as you just can't do it. It is very clear, bags over 32kg are not allowed. So saying that the agent should be fired because he/she didn't break the rules is an interesting way of looking at things.
If that is really the case, then the supervisor should or would come to me and say that is the rule and can't break it, just like those NH agents strictly follow the rules. Instead he did not even say a word, as he saw that I was flying F.
Out of the all three carriers that I have flown F out of HKG, UA, SQ, and OZ, I had the worst ground experience of all three. Had it been OZ using their own staff, I bet it would have a different outcome. I know for a fact UA and SQ both have their own staff in HKG.