<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by grouse:
Help yourself! This information is readily available on airline web sites or by calling the airlines.</font>
Thanks for your helpful comment!_
Rudi's statement is spot on IMO! And yes, I tried the search function e.g. for TravelBuzz and came up with a few baggage related threads. Unfortunately most were international travel in topic or for special cases or C or F.
I inquire here about plain Y, no status, in north America.