Originally Posted by
letsflythere
you dun need to worry about Cathay as they are always quite generous to passengers in this sense.
I flew them last year on Y, I carried 15KG+ handcarry, plus my laptop, plus my suits and they are more than happy to help you with that. who would bother to check your hand carry weight
I regret that letsflythere seems to be posting less than accurate information aka poor advice in the CX forum ; I suggest you read a previous post
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...y-baggage.html
As a MPO member over 30 years and holding top tier membership over the latter years I have had my carryon bag weighed numerous times.