Originally Posted by abcedaria
I've had that argument once or twice with check in staff on AA. Two pounds over, and they want to charge me. I offer to start wearing all my clothes at once, and I'd still weigh less than others.
Now when will they charge for tall people? I'll be rewted then.
It's a well known fact with airlines that anything you can fit into your pockets or otherwise carry on your person loses all weight once you do so.
This even includes things like that spare laptop battery. ^