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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by PhlyingRPh
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.
In Karachi this past summer, a sweet old lady had five suitcases (travelling in Y to DXB so 20K allowance) the heaviest of which was 54kg (). She missed the flight because she came with only 5 minutes to spare and they couldn't process excess baggage that fast. I kinda felt bad for her seeing as how I myself had three 32kg suitcases courtesy of EK's North-American Business Class baggage allowance.

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