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In Thailand on an internal flight they weighed my carry on - along with me!
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The lead my not make it through some security checks.
I've never had any airline weigh my carry-on. The only people who've ever bothered with it were the TSA (or Mexican equivalent) who were not interested in how much it weighed. I guess if the bag rips the overhead compartment out of the ceiling you might get a hairy eyeball.
You must be taking a dry suit on the trip to need the bolt on plates.
Yes indeed. Lead is "a component of ammunition", so they might snag it along with your Glock.
Backplates, no prob. Wear are you traveling to ? Perhaps you can USPS Air Priority your weights ? "If it fits, it ships". Cheap freight !
That may be true in some places and with some carriers, often in the US, but universally that‘s quite incorrect. There are carry on weight restrictions in a lot of places and with lots of airlines, some even when departing in the US.This thread is old but I have something to add.
Checked luggage has a 50 lb weight limit but carry on luggage has no weight limit. ...
I've never had any airline weigh my carry-on.
That's where all my family's first stages, sans hoses, ended up in zip lock bags in the various caverneous pockets in my rain-coat / ski shell... Feels quite silly, but seemed to work. Not sure it always would work...We've flown EVA air to the Philippines 2X. They have a strict 7Kg carry-on policy. Most folks must not have read the fine print and were scrambling to make weight at check-in. Made us that were prepared annoyed.