Originally Posted by DCBob
If taken literally, 1K and 1P passengers get 2 bags @ 50 lb. each and a 3rd bag @ 70 lb. So if I have only 1 or 2 bags, each is limited to 50 lb., but if I have 3, I can add 20 more lb. to the 3rd bag than the first two. That makes no sense to me, but that is what the website says!
I don't think the baggage limitations are written to be "sequential" in some way (i.e. you have to bring bags 1 & 2 in order to bring bag #3). IMO, it simply says that *G members are allowed an extra bag that weighs up to 70 lbs -- but there's nothing that says that the "extra" bag allowance can't be your first and only checked bag.
What's unclear to me is whether it's 70 lbs x 3 or 50 lbs + 50 lbs + 70 lbs. That part is certainly ambiguous on the web site, although I suspect it's the former. I certainly hope I never need to find out -- 210 lbs is a heck of a lot of luggage!