Originally Posted by
Davvidd
And neither do they enforce it most times in Asia. I flew took 3 Air Asia flights from between the last week of February and the first week of March. They did not weight it even when I asked if they want me to weight it. It was a normal sized hand luggage, If someone is carrying a huge back pack they may ask you to weigh it. By the way the allowed weight is 7 kgs but you can also purchase extra hand carried weight. I think up to 10 kgs.
Thanks. That's similar to what I expect in general practice. PG unfortunately doesn't sell extra hand luggage and for whatever reason maintain a 5kg 'official' limit.
I think the likes of Air Asia, Tiger, Thai Vietjet, Nok Air, etc. are great for those who do just have a backpack, but it ends up working out a fair amount more expensive if checking in bags too. TG and PG are almost always cheaper if you'll be using your checked luggage allowances. I may not take it now because seems dive shops are closed, but we usually would have 2 sets of dive gear that takes up most of the free checked luggage allowance on TG or PG.