carry-on luggage

How about taking a lightweight nylon duffle in your carry-on and wearing all
your clothes. Once onboard, hit the LAV and remove the 3 extra layers and
stick em in the duffle <G>
>>So what happens when they don't check the size of my carry-on at the
check-in desk

On 22 Jun., 13:45, "William Black" <william.bl...@.uk>
wrote:
> "Rudy" <NoS...@no-onehome.net> wrote in message
>
> news:Rxo7k.24379$Jx.22595@pd7urf1no...
>
> > How about taking a lightweight nylon duffle in your carry-on and wearing
> > all your clothes.  Once onboard, hit the LAV and remove the 3 extra layers
> > and stick em in the duffle <G>
>
> Nobody will care.

ok that's good then. and one more thing, how strict is united about
the checked luggage weight? i'm allowed 23kg for the international
flight. how much over can I go until I'm charged?

"Ad absurdum per aspera" <jtchew@california.com> wrote in message
news:5932e45c-3dee-42ac-8cb1-f27d1cc32607@79g2000hsk..com...

> I haven't seen statistics on how well Business Select is selling.

I don't know either, but my company got me a Business Select ticket a few
weeks ago, and I was in line with one other person. People won't pay that
much extra just for a better place in line.

I tend to keep away from Southwest.

William Black wrote:
>
> They insisted on weighing the carry-ons and one, even when almost empty,
> was supposedly too heavy.
>
> So I went to another scale and weighed it there, and found it to be 5Kg
> lighter.
>
> They looked confused, apologised and hustled us away from the check-in desk.
>
> These things are used to sell you something and should be checked by the
> Trading Standards people just like the scales in your local grocers.
>

I've never actually thought about it - I just assumed they'd have to
meet some sort of standard.

Apparently not.