Thank you for the answers and the welcome
My friend showed me this website and for the most part I've been lurking but just now started posting. Should hopefully achieve Premier status after this trip!
My bad... it's CLE-EWR-PEK, not ORD (that was my last trip)
SirJman -- they don't charge for the second bag? When I went through their rulebook it said that the first bag would be free and the second is charged. If that's the case then you're right, it's a non-issue.