NAUI Wowie
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Other countries don't necessarily care what TSA allows. They have their own rules.
A carry-on doesn't have to be weighed at checkin. I went through some Phil airport where there was a weigh in line before you got to the gate. Forget which one. There was some real creativity going on there.
last time we left the philippines we paid one of the baggage guys 20 bucks and he whisked us up to baggage check and through then walked us through employee areas back OUT to where people wait to meet people so we could hang out with relatives etc. then they completely bypassed all the lines and check in through employee areas back to our gate. We could have walked in bombs, drugs, and nuetered komodo dragons as we didnt do ANY security checks at all after we had left the secure area
thats 100 percent a true story that happened to me and our cebu friends.