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Old Feb 20, 2019, 3:19 pm
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joshua362
 
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Originally Posted by lougord99
I have a biggish bag that I usually check and always weigh before I leave the house. I do not recall the ticket agent- before or after kiosk tagging- not taking a close look at the scale weight before placing it on the conveyor. Southwest is not fussy about bag size - you can be over and they won't care - but they are very fussy about weight.
But not recording the weight for W&B purposes. Seems like a lost operational opportunity to me. But rather to collect an overweight fee and warn rampers of a heavy bag, IMO.
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