Singapore airlines 7kg cabin luggage allowance
Apr 22, 2015, 7:40 am
#33
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but it seem Changi isn't what it used to be. They are now asking all passengers to weigh their hand luggage at passport control before you go airside. I watched a whole load of people get rejected and have to repack or pay or check bags. It's all very draconian.
Apr 22, 2015, 5:53 pm
#34
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but it seem Changi isn't what it used to be. They are now asking all passengers to weigh their hand luggage at passport control before you go airside. I watched a whole load of people get rejected and have to repack or pay or check bags. It's all very draconian.
I have never had a problem with SQ and hand luggage - save one time at JFK when an over-zealous airport staff (I'm not even sure if he was TA, TSA or whatever.. he was just wearing an airport tag) told me I couldn't bring on 3 bags as my carry-on. Despite telling him that I was in J, and SQ rules allowed for two carry-ons and a personal item (I had a carry-on, a handbag and a laptop bag), he refused to let me through security. Although very tempted, I refrained from arguing my rights and just stuffed my laptop bag into my carry-on for the duration of the security check.
Other than that, I have never had SQ weigh my hand luggage, or give me grief if I carried more than 3 bags (usually third bag is shopping of some sort), even in Y. If the bag fits into the overheads, I don't think they raise much of an issue.
Last edited by redvelvetmartinis; Apr 23, 2015 at 2:50 am
Apr 22, 2015, 8:12 pm
#35
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but it seem Changi isn't what it used to be. They are now asking all passengers to weigh their hand luggage at passport control before you go airside. I watched a whole load of people get rejected and have to repack or pay or check bags. It's all very draconian.
Changi is visited by more than one airline and some have very generous cabin luggage allowances. On SQ's odd daughter Scoot you can bring up to 20kg.
So welcome to FT Tennet1979 ^ but I think you err.
Apr 22, 2015, 10:57 pm
#36
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Yeah I've never experienced weighing hand luggage at passport control (don't even see the weighing machine anywhere). They just do a security screening at most if they see you have hand luggage sometimes, I think these are pretty random.
Some airlines do weigh hand luggage at the check-in though which I think is understandable.
Some airlines do weigh hand luggage at the check-in though which I think is understandable.
Apr 22, 2015, 11:08 pm
#37
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Never seen or heard of such things flying SQ, MH, QF, EK, TG, MI, etc ....
Apr 23, 2015, 1:01 am
#38
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Apr 23, 2015, 1:24 am
#39
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I have a few years ago seen this I think on Jetstar (or could have been Air Asia), where those with substantial rollaboards and presenting a JQ boarding pass pre-immigration were directed to another area for checking/tagging.
Never seen or heard of such things flying SQ, MH, QF, EK, TG, MI, etc ....
Never seen or heard of such things flying SQ, MH, QF, EK, TG, MI, etc ....
TBH, I've never noticed an additional area at passport control for weighing bags - didn't even know they had one?
Apr 23, 2015, 1:37 am
#40
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3K/JQ is fairly stringent on their hand luggage - but they always weighed at check-in counters, and not at passport control. The most I've seen is checking for size at the gates, but that's only happened once on all my 3K flights.
TBH, I've never noticed an additional area at passport control for weighing bags - didn't even know they had one?
TBH, I've never noticed an additional area at passport control for weighing bags - didn't even know they had one?
Apr 23, 2015, 3:24 am
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but it seem Changi isn't what it used to be. They are now asking all passengers to weigh their hand luggage at passport control before you go airside. I watched a whole load of people get rejected and have to repack or pay or check bags. It's all very draconian.
Nice first post (troll?) anyway...
Apr 23, 2015, 4:33 am
#43
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Apr 23, 2015, 7:22 am
#44
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Really? I must have missed it then. I have flown out of Changi hundreds of times, and have only ever seen what the OP was referring to with a Jetstar BP (i.e. luggage checks at the point of entering immigration area, prior to going airside).
At Changi, I have seen it at checkin on various carriers, although have never been asked myself. I have also seen post check-in, but pre-immigration checks flying SQ at MEL.
At Changi, I have seen it at checkin on various carriers, although have never been asked myself. I have also seen post check-in, but pre-immigration checks flying SQ at MEL.
Apr 23, 2015, 9:10 am
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My bad, I was a bit terse: not in Changi per se but on the airlines you have listed. Only MI checked my hand luggage in Changi. Jetstar so far never probed me .. but I don't fly them often.