Baggage
May 28, 2011 | 6:21 am
#16
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Try taking the Accra or Lagos flights. They have teams of staff prowling the gate area with mobile weighing scales and bag tags. They pick up probably 100-150 overweight bags each flight.
May 29, 2011 | 2:32 am
#18
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If you are departing through the Y terminal in DXB, now you do. They stand at the gate before immigration and make everyone weigh there bags, even if you are carrying a handbag, plastic bag etc.
May 29, 2011 | 4:55 am
#20
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The guy with the scales is there at the Business/First area also, but doesn't usually do anything unless there is a particularly huge piece being smuggled through.
May 29, 2011 | 12:30 pm
#24
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Well, it hasn't really been enforced - until now it seems. I like keeping a set of clothes in my carry-on bag just in case something gets lost, and that usually ups the weight a bit.
Anyway thanks for the heads-up guys.
Anyway thanks for the heads-up guys.
May 29, 2011 | 9:42 pm
#25
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never get checked at SIN or LGW or MAN. i have no idea how much my bag weighs but i try to keep it as light as possible to avoid back ache lol. but i suspect it probably is over 7kg-not by much though, because my laptop+charger alone is probably 5kg.