Most checked bags in the U.S. are limited to 50 pounds. Anything heavier than that and you’ll pay extra. First and business class passengers, and those with elite status, may be allowed 70 pounds. When you approach the check-in counter, they’ll weigh your bags, and if your luggage is overweight you’ll be assessed an extra fee. But some passengers are using a trick to make their luggage seem lighter.
In 2020 the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services found half a dozen scales at the Charlotte airport were miscalibrated. This happens all the time. People are slamming heavy suitcases on them all day, every day, and sometimes at odd angles. They need maintenance!
One passenger had a bag that was found to be 50 grams overweight. The airline wanted to charge him. So he took chocolates out of the bag and ate 50 grams’ worth until he got the weight of his luggage down.
If the airline is going to be a stickler for overweight luggage, even using miscalibrated scales, then some passengers are going to resort to guerilla tactics to even the playing field – like supporting the bag with their foot to reduce the weight on the scale.
It appears that the Southwest Airlines passenger in this video is really doing this, and their foot is behind the bag to the agent can’t see it.
One former ticket counter agent comments that this is fairly common that they’ve seen and “cringey when people try to do this IRL.”
What struck me most interesting here is the rest of the comments, which are primarily debating whether supporting the bag with one foot will reduce how it weighs on the scale, making the mistaken argument that this is like standing on a scale with one foot (your weight stays the same).
In fact, lifting one side of the bag with your foot while it’s being weighed at an airport ticket counter – as shown in this video – will reduce the weight reading on the scale because of the distribution of the bag’s weight between the scale and your foot. When you lift part of the bag, you’re effectively supporting some of its weight, reducing the load on the scale.
Several commenters were also concerned about the weight and balance – and therefore safety – of the aircraft if the weight of a bag is off. In fact passengers, and passenger luggage, in most cases are treated as averages. Revisiting those average weight calculations (for passengers) is why from time to time you see stories of airlines requiring passengers to ‘weigh in’ before being allowed to fly.
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