Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Not sure if the airline will always allow overweight/oversized just because you offer them money .... But I have seen people at the luggage check-in scale repacking multiple bags to try to get the weight low enough in all of them .... I am assuming that one was so heavy that even with overweight fee it couldn't fly.
As a general rule, anything over 32kg is verboten regardless of how much you want to spend and must fly cargo (OSHA-type worker health rules), although there are some limited exceptions. As always, the best rule is to know your airlines policies, and have them printed out.
I've played the pack and repack game before, made weight in kilogram measurement but was a few ounces over in pounds measurement in America when I had to recheck my bags after customs. It was either that, or pay a $50 charge, why wouldn't I move a couple shirts from my checked bag into my carryon
If you ever want to see some fun check-in counter arguments, watch the check-in counter for some of the African flights, where people only go home once a year or less and are trying to bring stuff back for their families. Watched one lady trying to fly with a 75kg regular sized suitcase, I still wonder what she had packed in there
