Luggage allowance flying Premium Economy from Melbourne to Vancouver
Jan 1, 2020, 8:38 pm
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Jan 1, 2020, 8:50 pm
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Jan 1, 2020, 9:28 pm
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It's pretty simple.
If i give you a 1000 kg block, and ask you to move it, you can't.
If I give you 100 10 kg blocks and ask you to move the 1000kg, you can do it with ease.
There is a weight above which airlines have decided it's too heavy for a standard employee, and they levy a surcharge.
That weight (mass?) on AC and many other airlines is 23kg.
30kg is a lot to carry.
Jan 1, 2020, 9:30 pm
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It's pretty simple.
If i give you a 1000 kg block, and ask you to move it, you can't.
If I give you 100 10 kg blocks and ask you to move the 1000kg, you can do it with ease.
There is a weight above which airlines have decided it's too heavy for a standard employee, and they levy a surcharge.
That weight (mass?) on AC and many other airlines is 23kg.
30kg is a lot to carry.
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Jan 1, 2020, 10:42 pm
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Jan 1, 2020, 10:47 pm
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Jan 1, 2020, 10:50 pm
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It's pretty simple.
If i give you a 1000 kg block, and ask you to move it, you can't.
If I give you 100 10 kg blocks and ask you to move the 1000kg, you can do it with ease.
There is a weight above which airlines have decided it's too heavy for a standard employee, and they levy a surcharge.
That weight (mass?) on AC and many other airlines is 23kg.
30kg is a lot to carry.
Jan 1, 2020, 11:10 pm
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Hence why they charge for it. Or include it if you have high enough status (where many things are included) or in a high enough cabin (where many things are included).
Jan 2, 2020, 2:28 am
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Jan 2, 2020, 2:57 am
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I believe this may be an Australian and possibly other places occupational health and safety rule that items over a certain weight have to be lifted by 2 baggage handlers instead of 1
so there is actually a tangible cost involved, at least in Australia
Locally qantas has similar rules for heavy bag charges
quite ancient document talking about this as a policy:
http://www.aagsc.org/members/aagsc_a...ndling2009.pdf
so there is actually a tangible cost involved, at least in Australia
Locally qantas has similar rules for heavy bag charges
quite ancient document talking about this as a policy:
http://www.aagsc.org/members/aagsc_a...ndling2009.pdf
Jan 2, 2020, 3:33 am
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I have had weight "combined" on more than one occasion (Singapore Airlines, Cathay, Air Canada and ANA). None of those airlines were consistent with it though. Depends on how friendly the check in staff are. Also, travelling with children makes them more sympathetic. I usually have a small bag inside my large bag full of the heavy stuff, if they decline, then I take out the smaller heavy bag and check two.