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At 1:47 AM +0900 4/23/06, mech wrote: >Yeah, it would probably be best to err on the side of caution. The >airlines have evidently decided very recently that charging for >overweight and excess baggage can be a new revenue stream for them. >And they've all pretty much fallen lockstep into the same pattern at >pretty much the same time too, from what I've just seen. Uh-oh. I don't like the sound of that. I got dinged by Delta for an excess baggage charge on the return leg of a round trip, after being able to carry my guitar on board outbound. Coming home form Jamaica a couple of weeks ago I was required to check my guitar at DFW, after carrying it on board at Montego Bay with no problems. Inconsistent enforcement of unstated policies can be crazy-making. If it's going to be uniform and punitive, I may have to change my whole strategy for traveling with gear. How much does it cost to ship a road case separately? >Our whole family flew across the country out to Seattle last month. >We figured it would be easier all around to have one larger bag for >three people, rather than lots of smaller ones. Our one large bag >weighed in at ~65 pounds, and we got charged a fee at the airport >for that single bag being overweight. This was despite the fact >that we could have been within our rights to take along three bags >apiece, each weighing 50 pounds. I got hit that way once, too, and I was not very nice about it. My two bags added up to less than the limit, but one of the bags was more than the single-bag limit. Seemed to be all about the money. >Oh, and in case you didn't catch it above, it looks like the max bag >weight has now been lowered from 70 to 50 pounds per bag. Another >hidden charge with which air carriers can gouge their customers, so >watch the weight on those racks. :P Ack. -- David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730 Blog: http://playback.trufun.com