Originally Posted by christep
Er, no. It makes no difference. If your ticket includes segments via North America then the luggage allowance for all of the segments on that ticket (wherever thay are in the world) is based on the piece system, not the weight system.
Yes, the checked baggage allowance is 2 x 32kg bags for the entire itinerary. But if I was planning to purhase leage items, I would want to route to minimise the number of times I had to lug them to/from/between airports.