<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Mr. July:
What weight restrictions apply to carryon? I always thought it was limited to your physical ability to lug the item in question and the loading restrictions of the overhead bin. Now if you're asking for people only to fit items of reasonable weight into the bins, that's another matter.
Seriously - I've never seen anything about carryon weight with WN. Has anyone gotten hassled for something that's "too heavy" despite compliance with the sizing bin limitations?
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You are correct that Southwest does not have a per-piece carry-on weight limit. Naturally the overhead bin has a weight limit. This should not stop flight attendants from at least trying to check carry-on items that are "too heavy" (without the benefit of an arbitrary limit).
That is, would Southwest let you carry on a bag of lead whose weight equals the entire overhead bin's limit? I guess they could, and risk crushing the head of whoever sits under it.
I looked up Delta, and they do have a carry-on weight limit of 40 pounds:
Delta Checked & Carry-On Allowances
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