Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
Austrian Airlines weighed our luggage today. 8 kg was the max for being allowed to take it on board. My husband's suitcase exceeded this weight. Thus they insisted that he check it.
Last time I took an Air New Zealand flight my hand luggage was weighed. The weight limit was 7 kg. So not having a roller bag makes a huge difference.
I always got the impression that weighing hand luggage was pretty common practice especially on intra country or intra region flights.