The Ultimate Emirates Baggage Guide Thread FAQ
Nov 30, 2022, 4:46 am
#76
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Israel
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I accept the risk and I know that if I am really concerned, I should just keep it under the limit. But I'm trying to understand what the most likely scenario is so that I can assess the risk accordingly.
Nov 30, 2022, 4:58 am
#77
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Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
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Curious if anyone has recent experience with carry-on weight limit enforcement. I'm flying TLV-DXB-HAN and back in Business and prefer not to check my carry-on. However, it's usually 10-12kg. Will they weigh it at the gate? I can avoid the check-in desk since I will do online check-in. But would hate to have it checked at the gate.
Anecdotally it varies with the destination when departing DXB. I have heard that flights to destinations on the Indian subcontinent are more often checked than others (presumably based on experience with heavy carry on in the past).
Is it all in one piece of hand luggage? In J you are allowed 2 pieces of up to 7 Kgs each so if your 10-12 Kgs is in one piece you could split it?
Nov 30, 2022, 5:04 am
#78
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Israel
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Thanks, it is reassuring to know that weighing carryons at the gate is not common.
I presume it is common to weight carryons at the check-in desks? Is that right?
If so, it would really come down to whether or not I'm able to perform online checkin. Sometimes flights to TLV cannot do online checkin due to the need to perform verbal security screening. Has anyone departed from HAN and had carryons weighed at the check in desks?
I have two pieces of hand luggage - a backpack and a standard sized roller board. The 7kg limitation in J is a bit nuts for me. I'm used to flying Israeli and European carriers who routinely allow 12-16kg in business and US carriers who don't even have a limit.
Thanks for the assistance!
I presume it is common to weight carryons at the check-in desks? Is that right?
If so, it would really come down to whether or not I'm able to perform online checkin. Sometimes flights to TLV cannot do online checkin due to the need to perform verbal security screening. Has anyone departed from HAN and had carryons weighed at the check in desks?
I have two pieces of hand luggage - a backpack and a standard sized roller board. The 7kg limitation in J is a bit nuts for me. I'm used to flying Israeli and European carriers who routinely allow 12-16kg in business and US carriers who don't even have a limit.
Thanks for the assistance!
Nov 30, 2022, 5:59 am
#79
Join Date: May 2020
Location: DXB and JNB
Programs: EK Plat; QR Gold
Posts: 507
Thanks, it is reassuring to know that weighing carryons at the gate is not common.
I presume it is common to weight carryons at the check-in desks? Is that right?
If so, it would really come down to whether or not I'm able to perform online checkin. Sometimes flights to TLV cannot do online checkin due to the need to perform verbal security screening. Has anyone departed from HAN and had carryons weighed at the check in desks?
I have two pieces of hand luggage - a backpack and a standard sized roller board. The 7kg limitation in J is a bit nuts for me. I'm used to flying Israeli and European carriers who routinely allow 12-16kg in business and US carriers who don't even have a limit.
Thanks for the assistance!
I presume it is common to weight carryons at the check-in desks? Is that right?
If so, it would really come down to whether or not I'm able to perform online checkin. Sometimes flights to TLV cannot do online checkin due to the need to perform verbal security screening. Has anyone departed from HAN and had carryons weighed at the check in desks?
I have two pieces of hand luggage - a backpack and a standard sized roller board. The 7kg limitation in J is a bit nuts for me. I'm used to flying Israeli and European carriers who routinely allow 12-16kg in business and US carriers who don't even have a limit.
Thanks for the assistance!
Every time I have been asked a question about my hang baggage, it’s been at outstations in West and East Africa. Haven’t done TLV with EK before, but I think you should be fine.
As DYKWIA said, if it worries you, probably best to just check in the bags.