ioto1902

Strange. Never happened to me.
Where exactly would they weight the carry-ons ? At the gate ?
Wouldn't it be for pax having obviously too voluminous carry-ons ?
(You are talking about transit pax. Right ?)

GentleGiant

Flying business from LHR - DXB - DPS

Am I correct in reading the above that all hand luggage will be weighed?

We usually take a camera and reasonable lens with us and these are not always that light!!

By the time I add in my computer etc., the weight can add up.

Need some advice as to what we are likely to encounter.

Never flown Emirates so have no data to base our knowledge on.

Thanks!

skywardhunter

It's possible but unlikely, and given fragile electronic equipment probably easy to talk your way past. In DXB hand luggage is weighed after check-in, but rarely for transit pax (only if the flight is super full and there are concerns about space and weight, e.g. regularly on flights to India)

ft101

Assume the worst and always have a Plan B, but with a 14kg allowance in J, will you really want to be lugging more than that around each?

GentleGiant

14? Website says 7kg.

Hence my concern

ft101

7 kg for Economy.

You mention Business Class which is 2 x 7kg.

Calculator here to verify it.

https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...alculator.aspx

skywardhunter

You'll be fine, especially in J. I typically have a 12kg rollaboard in Y + Laptop bag

GentleGiant

Thanks.

I only have one carry on each although my wife has a handbag - so I guess 7KG is the limit for me.

Have been so used to BA with no real limit especially as Gold.

Already have to walk past the CX lounge at LHR T3 and ignore their first class offering LOL

Time_Traveller

This route has regular chaos at the boarding gate when the cabin baggage is weighed and excess charges negotiated. The return leg has no such issues.

Even business class is not immune. Typically I travel with a roll-on plus laptop bag, and no check-in baggage. They don't usually stop me but on that day I had bought some chocolates and gifts in duty free. They weighed my bags; they were indeed overweight by 5kg and they insisted on charging me $241 for excess baggage. They refused to check the bag, and the fact that I had no check-in luggage was regarded as irrelevant.

I went back to duty free and returned the gifts for a refund. When I returned there was another guy at the gate who simply waved me through.

This is the only time I have had a problem.

jowlymonster

Good to know this- I'm taking my first Emirates flight this weekend in Economy, LHR > DXB > PEK - not checking in anything as my wife is putting it all in her cases (she's on a BA direct flight). I usually take a selection of lenses and a laptop away, but may pack more carefully this time round

scottienz69

I've never had any problems as a Gold in Y carrying on my Samsonite suit carrier that usually comes in at somewhere between 7-8kgs, another slimmer suit carrier from my tailor that actually has a suit and shirt in it, plus my laptop bag. My main routes are AKL-DXB-BOM, although I have heard that other Indian ports will police carry-on allowances/pieces more tightly than Mumbai appears to. Crew onboard are usually also very happy to hang my suit/shirt combo up in one of their lockers, which generally saves on pressing at my destination.

ft101

And that is why we get these issues (IMO). When people drive a horse and coaches through the rulebook there is going to be a a kick back at some point.

jowlymonster

Having just done LHR>DXB>PEK and back, my hand luggage was not weighed at any point. This is probably because I specifically made sure it weighed 6.85kg before I left

weegraeme

How particular are they with laptop bag dimensions. My laptop is an older 17 inch Dell. In the case, it's 50cm x 36cm x 10cm. It weighs 5.93kg in the case. That would eat up a fair chunk of my luggage allowance if I had to check it. I'm flying PER-DXB-GLA and return if that makes any difference.

ft101

You're allowance is 55cm x 38cm x 20cm so no problem.

https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/...age_rules.aspx