Originally Posted by
cavemanzk
But a bag over 23kg gets tagged heavy and is required to be lifted by two people. Which in tern leads to higher staffing costs!
That may be true. But isn't that the whole point of *A? That you get extra benefits that are worth something? An airline can't suddenly say, "We are cutting out this *A Gold benefit because it's costly." They've got to honour *A Gold benefits or leave the network.