Originally Posted by
misteryub
This was such an unpleasant surprise. Even if the limit was bumped up to 55 or 60 lbs, it'd be so nice. So many times, my bag was 52lbs and I had to shift things around. When I mainly flew DL, it was nice never worrying about the weight.
Not to mention that if you're flying AA in F then connecting onto AS, you'd get that 70lb limit.
Yeah, at the max dimensions 50# comes pretty quick unless it's just all clothes, etc. A couple heavy items and you'll easily run over. I invested in a cheap luggage scale off Amazon and it's been a pretty nice tool. I regularly check luggage at 49.XX #.