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Old Jan 18, 2018, 1:07 am
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Originally Posted by runninaway
I've had agents at MSP take out a tape measure and check the size of my box multiple times. In my experience, if your box is close to the limit, your chance of being checked is definitely greater than zero.
I had AS force me to repack my goods once. Think I had a case of gatorade taped to paper towels. It was well secured, but didn't meet some "unpublished" rule. This was heading to a friend in BRW where things cost 3x as much, if not more. I readjusted items and got it to work
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