Yes. The popular low cost carriers are still doing so.
While you may be annoyed with the strict enforcement, you ought to be amused when you see the sheer amount of stuff, and indeed, the type of things, people try to hand carry in.
Many people see the 7kg limit as an annoyance or an inconvenience, but what they fail to see is the safety aspects of bringing excessive weight and clutter into the cabin.
What is 1 additional kg, you ask? That's pretty insignificant. But you have to remember - low cost carriers do carry quite a number of passengers per flight. If everyone brings in an additional 1kg, it is quite significant. And passengers carry way more than 7kg.
very true on the way back from china today, they did not enforce the weight limit rule and some people were bringing in hard cased rolleys in with a back pack as well.
Yes. The popular low cost carriers are still doing so.
While you may be annoyed with the strict enforcement, you ought to be amused when you see the sheer amount of stuff, and indeed, the type of things, people try to hand carry in.
Many people see the 7kg limit as an annoyance or an inconvenience, but what they fail to see is the safety aspects of bringing excessive weight and clutter into the cabin.
What is 1 additional kg, you ask? That's pretty insignificant. But you have to remember - low cost carriers do carry quite a number of passengers per flight. If everyone brings in an additional 1kg, it is quite significant. And passengers carry way more than 7kg.
I did that once .. I think mine was 10 kg.As of 3 days ago when I was checking in at changi, I had 12 kg as carry on. The staff at Tiger told me it was not possible to do this and told me to unload to meet 7kg requirement however they had already dropped my check in luggage. I asked if there was an option to pay for the excess and they said yes however I was not able to bring it on the plane. This got me confused but I played the, I have equipment that is extremely delicate and fragile which I will require for work in China and under no circumstance can I allow it to be rough handled in check in. Not wanting to go through the hassle of recalling my baggage.. they let me go with a warning..
I guess strapping on the camera to your neck would be a good way to lighten the load.
I did that once .. I think mine was 10 kg.
I explained to the staff that this was obviously a recent introduction and it was unfair to expect passengers to adapt so quickly. In any case thereafter I just purchased check-in allowance. The thing with check-in luggage is that you can't get out of the airport ASAP, still have to wait for the luggage to slowly roll out... At some airports, the luggage takes really long... In any case, glad to know that they are still flexible now. :bsmilie:
This is from Tiger Air website:
Passengers are allowed 2 pieces of carry-on luggage provided that each item does not exceed the dimensions of 54 cm x 38 cm x 23 cm, with a combined weight of 10kg.
I realize this increase in cabin baggage size in May when my family flew to Kuching.
I think the trouble is that Singaporeans are generally smaller sized.
It's very easy to point at someone larger and say that you + your 25 kg luggage still <<<< him (especially if you're a girl). :bsmilie: Certainly the plane has to cater for the possibility of having a whole plane full of large-sized people?
yup.. this is the latest for Tigerair.
the most strict one i have seen is RyanAir. ground crew just before boarding, made every one lift the hand carry above their head once so that it shows you can handle the luagage without assistance and had the bags placed in a apparatus that shows whether the dimensions of the bag is correct.
needless to say those not used to lifting 10kg over their heads struggled and were immediately pulled out to weigh their bags again.
The weight of the carry-on bag should be determined by weighing; and not such a crude method of asking passengers to lift it above their heads.
Ryan Air is wrong to do this. The duty of cabin crew is to assist passengers. Out of 100 maybe 5 need assistance. If they even refuse to do this simple service, then Ryan Air should close shop and let better airlines operate. Airline regulator should not tolerate this.
The weight of the carry-on bag should be determined by weighing; and not such a crude method of asking passengers to lift it above their heads.
Ryan Air is wrong to do this. The duty of cabin crew is to assist passengers. Out of 100 maybe 5 need assistance. If they even refuse to do this simple service, then Ryan Air should close shop and let better airlines operate. Airline regulator should not tolerate this.
Haha! Unfortunately, passengers of Ryan Air are rather tolerate of this. It is amazing how we always complain to get things done our way. I have to admit, it is rather effective over here. Nonetheless, it really won't work with Ryan Air. They will happily offload you if you even raise your voice. Ok. That's a slight exaggeration, but the truth is, there are plenty of other passengers to replace you, since flights are regularly overbooked anyway. Offloaded with no refunds. Have fun in the little airport.