How strict is WestJet about checked luggage size?
Nov 25, 2017, 5:05 am
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How strict is WestJet about checked luggage size?
I think WestJet's website says checked luggage can't be any bigger than 62 linear inches. My suitcase is about 64 linear inches. What are the odds that I'll be caught? If I do, what will happen?
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Nov 25, 2017, 9:50 am
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For bags in the range of 62 to 80” and 23 to 45kg, the oversize/overweight fee is $75 plus taxes: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel...s/service-fees
Assuming it is just 2” over and not also overweight, it is likely within the measurement tolerance that an agent will accept without applying the charge, especially if it is a soft shell vs a hard shell.
Assuming it is just 2” over and not also overweight, it is likely within the measurement tolerance that an agent will accept without applying the charge, especially if it is a soft shell vs a hard shell.
Nov 25, 2017, 5:44 pm
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For bags in the range of 62 to 80” and 23 to 45kg, the oversize/overweight fee is $75 plus taxes: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel...s/service-fees
Assuming it is just 2” over and not also overweight, it is likely within the measurement tolerance that an agent will accept without applying the charge, especially if it is a soft shell vs a hard shell.
Assuming it is just 2” over and not also overweight, it is likely within the measurement tolerance that an agent will accept without applying the charge, especially if it is a soft shell vs a hard shell.
Nov 26, 2017, 8:46 pm
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Nov 27, 2017, 6:56 am
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To be honest it really depends on where and when you're flying. On many routes the majority of pax check bags, so there's more overhead space than you might expect. On other routes it's just the opposite, and the gate agents are begging people to check their bags at the jetway. Most Westjet GAs and FAs are pretty accommodating, providing that space for the bag actually exists.
Nov 27, 2017, 2:10 pm
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To be honest it really depends on where and when you're flying. On many routes the majority of pax check bags, so there's more overhead space than you might expect. On other routes it's just the opposite, and the gate agents are begging people to check their bags at the jetway. Most Westjet GAs and FAs are pretty accommodating, providing that space for the bag actually exists.
At Toronto where you toss your own bag into a machine there was nobody checking for size limits and I doubt the laser scanner can measure small variances in size per the original question. Weight it can and probably does.
Nov 28, 2017, 9:57 am
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This has nothing to do with the original question, mind you, which was about the size limit of checked bag and not carry-on bags.
At Toronto where you toss your own bag into a machine there was nobody checking for size limits and I doubt the laser scanner can measure small variances in size per the original question. Weight it can and probably does.
At Toronto where you toss your own bag into a machine there was nobody checking for size limits and I doubt the laser scanner can measure small variances in size per the original question. Weight it can and probably does.