Originally Posted by pdb
Dave, Why is QF so inflexible regarding weight allowances with its FC PAXs? I found myself having to employ deceptive tactics in order to avoid the QF scale-Nazis. A dozen magazines and a laptop...and suddenly there's no weight allowance left for clothes. What's the problem? Weight and balance? I can't understand it. That, together with QF's refusal to allow early check-ins (even for those with only carry-on...I just don't get it), have left me with little interest in flying this otherwise great carrier.
Allow me to ask a question of you. How flexible should QF be regarding weight allowances - don't charge if you are 1kg over, 2kg, 3kg, 7kg, 12kg, 21kg, 38kg...? Should QF have a luggage allowance at all, or should you be able to check whatever you want? If QF should not apply weight limits, where else does it this situation work - buy a pre-paid 5kg box from the post-office and it's reasonable to stuff 7kg into it, go to the duty-free shop pay for 3 bottles of wine, but walk out with 4?
Why not have a limit and enforce it strictly, save for say a 1kg waiver to allow for the fact that all scales are not calibrated perfectly. At least then you know where you stand.