Originally Posted by MrClean

interesting. Just a couple of months ago at MIA a skycap refused to check my 51 pound bag without extra charges. I called a supervisor over who agreed it couldnt be checked for free. According to him it might create the impression that any tips were for the "favor" of allowing me one extra pound. I thought it was odd to be making such a big deal out of one extra pound. I took the bag inside (they made no offer to wheel it in for me) where it weighed less than 50 lbs and the ticket agent checked it with no problem (I have no doubt she would have checked it even if it would have weighed in at 51 lbs). This thread makes me wonder if the skycap was going to try to charge me excess luggage and pocket it. The conversation didn't get as far as where and how much I needed to pay, as I wasn't about to pay for a measly pound. Obviously, I didn't even tip them.