Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
Before I saw your warning, I was going to post a similar caveat. Expect strict enforcement by the hand luggage police @ SCL, and throughout Chile. This will be size and weight enforcement. You may see the "police" wandering around the gate area, perhaps with a box the size of the maximum permitted size. You will see sizers by the gates with built-in scales.
Yep experienced that with LATAM, one time they made both us of check or luggage, the next flight just my husband had to check his bag, and one of the flights neither one of us had to check our luggage.