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Old May 29, 2018 | 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by SDQBound
I was departing on a DL flight and Mr. hand baggage police (hbp) intercepted me while entering the SkyPriority line. He asked me to put the luggage in the scale, my response was that I was flying Delta. He said Not my problem, baggage on scale or you don't fly today. When he escalated his sense of authority, I explained to him that Delta doesn't have any hand luggage limit, he just ignored me. At this point, 3 other DL passengers were in the same situation: "No scale, no fly" so I decided to go back to the counter. A nice AF agent reminded Mr. hbp that only AF passengers were subject to hand baggage weight.
OK, so now we know that using the Sky Priority line is not a sure way of avoiding the hand baggage police.

That leaves PARAFE. Anyone ever encounter the hand baggage police in or while entering the PARAFE area?

(SDQBound: Did the hbp accompany you to the counter? I always wondered what would happen if you just told them to take a hike and refused to have your bag weighed or show them your boarding pass for ID purposes.)
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