Cabin baggage weight allowed
 

Can't find this on United website or searching the forums. The website only mentions overall dimensions but not weight.
Would there be any difference between allowance on international and domestic F?

UA generally doesn't care, but other *A carriers are very strict about the limit. I think it's something like 7 kg.

Very many thanks for replying so quickly.

is that total or per bag? :p

If there is a weight limit for cabin luggage, then it is total.
Kate

Actually, the only time I've ever been informed about a cabin baggage allowance was within Australia on DJ and QF. I'm not sure if UA enforces it or not.

In the case of DJ, the limit is 7kg per item - not total. Their reasoning being if an individual piece of baggage were to fall from the overhead, anything greater than 7kg could cause serious injury. They had no problem with me dividing the stuff into multiple bags - as long as no individual piece exceeded 7kg.

Here is the info on LH site
 

Here is the link on LH website. It is 8 Kgs (roughly 17.6 lbs) and they do make you weigh it when you checkin. I usaually take an extra duffel in case I have to shift things around.

http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...nodeid=1333482

On UA, SQ, EK, MH and Virgin Blue they have never weighed my carry ons...thank goodness. My backpack is 10-14kg, never an issue. I have avoided LH so far.....

Do they always make you weigh it? I've only flown LH a few times, and they have never made me.... perhaps it cause I only was carrying a small bag....

UA & SQ are Generous in Carry-On Baggage allowance.
SQ only puts some restrictions out of Australia.

Once I had an airport official in Shanghai (the old Hong Quao airport which is now domestic only) gripe about a bag being over 5kg and she wanted me to check it. My wife put up a big squawk (she speaks Chinese, I don't) as the bag she wanted checked was my camera bag. It's well padded but even then you don't check nice cameras! I ended up being allowed to carry it on.

I've never been questioned on weight otherwise.

Not sure
 

Only flew LH once out of SFO, maybe the Checkin agent was new, I had to weigh my laptop bag and it exceeded the weight. I had a heavy book in there, took it out and hand carried it, problem solved.

I flew UA, AA, LH, SQ, and MH last year and this was the one and only time an airline weighed my laptop bag. Maybe I was tilted over to one side from the weight of the bag ;)