Originally Posted by
alanR
But how many people (apart from Americans) holiday with 100lbs of gear unless they are doing something specialist?
Such an innocent statement it's almost dare I say... cute.
To get you started, I invite you to watch Philipino, Nigerian, Pakistani and Indian ex-pats standing in a check-in queue the next time you are at an airport. These groups are the experts bar none at pushing the former 70 lbs / 2 pc rules and not paying excess baggage charges.