And then there was the time I was traveling with a fibre optic
splicer. It weighed something like 1kg more than the 32kg limit. No
problems going to Brisbane, but they wouldn't accept it on the way
back. I had to push it on a trolley 200m or so down a semi-surfaced
road to the airfreight office. They then reviewed the situation and
put it on the same flight as me as checked baggage anyway - at no
additional charge.
My main worry was that it would get lost in transit as it was worth
about $A50k !!

RP



2010/1/22 Alan B. Pearce <Alan.B.Pearce@stfc.ac.uk>:
>> When you checked in, the whole area in front of the counter was a
>> weighbridge so you were weighed, along with all your bags
>> "automatically". They didn't charge extra for the heavies, but I think
>> they used it to organise their seating plan and presumably to maximise
>> freight.
>
> I remember in a past job air freighting a crate that was about a meter cube,
> containing a piece of equipment, with it going on the same plane as me. As
> it was being weighed in the freight depot of the small airport we were at,
> the pretty checking girl wandered through with a tag to put on it. She
> stepped on the floor level scales just as they were reading the weight,
> which made it look about twice as heavy as its real weight. I think the
> young lass was a bit embarrassed, but I wouldn't have minded here coming
> with me ...
>
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