Originally Posted by
thom1033
This past October they had folks put their carry one in a sizer/scale prior to starting boarding and were making them check anything over size or over weight at LAX heading to MEL. I only had a backpack as a carry on and they didn't say anything about it when I boarded.
The key point here is LAX as QF staff will be aware that carry on for USA airlines is a lot more than most non USA airlines, and even then not often enforced. But that is changing:-
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ch-2014-a.html