Originally Posted by
aerobod
One thing to bear in mind if your bag is overweight, many WestJet airport bag drops now use automated self-serve systems. These bag drops will not accept the bag if it is overweight, I’ve seen a few people feverishly re-packing on the floor to get the bag to the allowable weight, best to be prepared before arriving at the airport.
Well, the same bag was about 1 kg over on my handheld luggage scale when departing from YYZ. The automated luggage system at T3 accepted it just fine. It was about 1.2 kg over on my handheld luggage scale when departing from CUN. The human with the scale claimed it was 2 kg over. Just sayin...