As stated in other answers, this really depends on the airline and, above all, on the particular agent that is checking in your luggage. While they usually give some leeway, exactly for practical reasons of scales not being properly calibrate and so on, in theory, they do not have to. As an example, several years ago I was flying with Aeroflot from London to Moscow. The allowance was 20 kg. When I put my suitcase on the scale, it was I then said, half jokingly, "ok, I can put my newspaper in there" - and proceeded to put into the side pocket a couple of British newspapers that my friend in Moscow asked me to bring.
The scales went up to The agent said, "no, this is over the limit". I didn't quite believe that she was serious, so questioned this - she insisted that this was no joke and that I would have to pay for the extra weight. I shrugged and took one of the newspapers out and into my carry on backpack, leaving exactly She happily checked the suitcase in.
This will not be published anywhere. I've had it happen with two bags, one under, one slightly over and the response was "close enough". This may be country and airline specific. As a thumb rule, there is no extra tolerated amount of extra weight. I have experienced discomfort for being. The amount of exceedence that is acceptable varies.
In the past, I regularly got away with an extra 5lbs 2. Now days, they're tightening up, so those easy days are gone. I've flown a particular airline Tiger Airlines which was strict about their overages. At the ticket counter, you could see countless people opening their bags and desperately trying to fit to the weight limit.
The general rule of thumb is that if you want to try to get away with really overweight baggage, check in early. The later it gets, the more the weight restrictions apply. With overweight baggage do the following: check in with a person, not the machines; be nice and friendly; be early - but not ridiculously so; and don't do it all the time, because airlines monitor these things.
If you're under most of the time, you can get away with an insanely overweight bag occasionally. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Tolerated amount of weight exceeding upper limit for hold luggage Ask Question. Asked 5 years, 2 months ago. Active 4 years, 4 months ago. Viewed 40k times. Improve this question. Jan Benjamin A.
If there was an official amount that was always tolerated above the maximum allowed that would be called the maximum allowed. The problem is, if the airline advertised their tolerance as an actual figure say, 22kg , people would pack Depending on the culture and your luck, if you can ask another passenger with light luggage to claim that you are traveling together, then your excess weight can be counted towards the unused allowance of the other passenger.
Note that basically, they are providing a service and anything you get over and above the official rules is courtesy on their part, not a right on yours. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. I can't give you an answer specific to Easyjet but based on flying various airlines within Europe over the last few years I can only say: It depends.
Some rules of thumb, without being able to cite from anything, If you are on a business class ticket or have status with an airline, I would expect them to be more tolerant. Being nice often helps, but not always of course. Also explaining that this is a one-time occurrence has helped me in the past.
Traditional airlines are somewhat more lenient than low-cost-carriers. Some traditional airlines now have automated bag-drops, if you have the choice a human operator would be more willing to waive a few kgs. I have made the experience that distracted staff is much more likely to have you pass with a few kgs more.
A few hundred grams of overweight are almost always tolerated. Improve this answer. I once checked 12 kg over, the check-in assistant said today I see nothing. Add a comment. Aleks G Aleks G Restaurant Reviews Hotel Reviews. User Name Remember Me? Password Forgotten Password? Mark Forums Read. Join in and register on theDIBB You will need to register before you can post: click the register link below to proceed. Register HERE. Do you get ANY leaway on baggage weight. Let's say the allowance was 20kg and a case weighed in at I need to go back!
That much difference I would say not. Being 22 or 23, they may charge or ask you to try swapping luggage around. Next up, Swanage. Every one of our 4 cases were over on way back 10 days ago. We were with BA so had 23kgs and they weighed Agent never said a thing!
Perhaps we were lucky, who knows. Out here until 7th Dec. We had a 24Kg bag with ba. Nothing was said. Its down to the person on the computer really.
Episode V Coming soon. When I last flew with virgin I had to put my hand bag inside my hand luggage as they refused to accept it as a handbag! Flying back they couldn't give a stuff! When we flew last year we were told by the check in staff that you are aloud to be.
But suppose it all depends on who is checking you in. We flew with virgin last year so had 23kg allowance each. All of our cases were slightly over but the check in man said they generally allow a little leeway and don't usually bother to charge for anything up ton25kg.
Most airlines allow an average maximum weight per bag so as long as the total weight for all bags is not over it's not a problem. The time now is AM. Read More ». Experience SeaWorld as the park is transformed into a winter wonderland with more than Guests can now start their magical adventure before their visit with their very own personalised DIBB Guidebook.
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