American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

Stan4dSteph · 09-05-2008, 11:08 AM

Yep. In some places if it doesn't look too obvious, they won't weigh it. I flew Aer Lingus from CDG to Dublin, and they weighed my cabin bag. Luckily I was allowed a personal item too, so I had some things in there that would have added weight to the other bag. One trick is to have a coat with big pockets and stick stuff in there.

It's just so much more stressful now to try and figure out how to whittle everything down to meet requirements. I'd just rather pay the fee and be done with it, but I won't be happy about it.

09-05-2008, 11:08 AM	#38
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	Yep. In some places if it doesn't look too obvious, they won't weigh it. I flew Aer Lingus from CDG to Dublin, and they weighed my cabin bag. Luckily I was allowed a personal item too, so I had some things in there that would have added weight to the other bag. One trick is to have a coat with big pockets and stick stuff in there. It's just so much more stressful now to try and figure out how to whittle everything down to meet requirements. I'd just rather pay the fee and be done with it, but I won't be happy about it.
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