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Old May 30, 2015 | 7:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
I've come up at 51 on the airport scales and they've let it go--it's always been under 50 by my scale.
I showed up at AS counters with 52 & 51 lb bags (20 years of 70 lb allowance via UA and only doing bags a handful of times annually left me forgetting there might be an issue) and even when I got one to 50.1 the agent was not ready to give me the wink. The carryon on got heavier and heavier -- the total bag + carryon weight stay the same.

A different weight issue occurred with LH -- The carryon was too heavy. Just took out the day backpack and created an second carryon. Got the sticker on both and then proceed to repack the day backpack in the carryon.

While understanding the distinction in the different weight categories -- it does lead to some silliness at times.
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