How strict is SQ with regard to overweight baggages?

[allmotor_2000]

The 23Kg per bag to/from US is I believe a union thing where the baggage handlers
don't carry more than 50lbs.

[9V-JKL]

I really wonder on the value of a union in this day and age especially in developed countries....

OK, we're going OT now and I've probably opened Pandora's box...

[jul247]

Not related to the thread but EK has like 40 kgs for Y class if I am not mistaken for African destinations. O.O....

[allmotor_2000]

Same reason why in some terminals at LAX, the pilot has to shut off the engine and the plane is towed to the gate (maybe 20 feet)... unions!

[Jumbojet Lover]

Recently flew SQ SIN-HKG-SFO, then domestic UA SFO-ORD. One of my luggage weighed 25kg, was waved through by the kind ground staff at Changi. What was great was being able to do inter-airline check-in all the way through to ORD, so no US domestic checked bag fees, let alone overweight charges.

[cscs1956]

Same reason why in some terminals at LAX, the pilot has to shut off the engine and the plane is towed to the gate (maybe 20 feet)... unions!

Believe this is for some safety measurement for cetain size of aircraft and gate location only.

[sqcork]

Do SQ allow two people travelling together to combine there baggage allowance if they check in 1 bag between them?
To clarify, can a couple travelling in Y check in one bag of approx. 30kgs?

[SilverChris]

Do SQ allow two people travelling together to combine there baggage allowance if they check in 1 bag between them?
To clarify, can a couple travelling in Y check in one bag of approx. 30kgs?

Yes. The allowance can be combined. In your case, 2 Y pax without any status will be 20kg x 2, so 30kg with one bag is fine

[sqcork]

Yes. The allowance can be combined. In your case, 2 Y pax without any status will be 20kg x 2, so 30kg with one bag is fine

Thanks SilverChris.

[SQ228]

Do SQ allow two people travelling together to combine there baggage allowance if they check in 1 bag between them?
To clarify, can a couple travelling in Y check in one bag of approx. 30kgs?

I've always been overweight returning from Europe and never had to pay any excess baggage. I tried to check in a 36kg case at Paris once and the only reason they asked me to remove 4kg was because it exceeded the handling limit for Australia.

I don't think anything will happen until you reach 25kg and above. I was 30kg leaving Zürich in January, travelling with a friend who had 20kg. The check-in clerk averaged us to 25kg each and said that was fine. I think it can depend on where you leave from and who you get check you in and the discretion they apply.

[coffeeblack]

I've always been overweight returning from Europe and never had to pay any excess baggage. I tried to check in a 36kg case at Paris once and the only reason they asked me to remove 4kg was because it exceeded the handling limit for Australia.

I don't think anything will happen until you reach 25kg and above. I was 30kg leaving Zürich in January, travelling with a friend who had 20kg. The check-in clerk averaged us to 25kg each and said that was fine. I think it can depend on where you leave from and who you get check you in and the discretion they apply.

The I'm a student line works too if you look studenty enough

[SQtraveller]

I've always been overweight returning from Europe and never had to pay any excess baggage. I tried to check in a 36kg case at Paris once and the only reason they asked me to remove 4kg was because it exceeded the handling limit for Australia.

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[sqcork]

I think it can depend on where you leave from and who you get check you in and the discretion they apply.

Thanks for the reply.
We will be going from Cork via Heathrow to Sydney on an SQ ticket. That means we will check in with Aer Lingus at Cork.

[eriond]

The I'm a student line works too if you look studenty enough

SQ officially gives you a 10kg allowance on top of your standard allowance if you have proof of study in the UK. A UKBA T4 Visa in your passport is accepted as proof.

[Gunnar Smithsen]

SQ officially gives you a 10kg allowance on top of your standard allowance if you have proof of study in the UK. A UKBA T4 Visa in your passport is accepted as proof.

Not limited to UK students, this also applies to US, Australian and NZ students to name but a few other countries...

Valid student card is also sufficient enough proof, my SO recently returned to BKK after completing her MIB (Master of International Business) - she was overweight by 8kg (IIRC) and she paid $AUD160 or thereabouts for excess - she thought that was quite steep, I told her she got off pretty lightly compared to the $AUD300 she got slugged with ex-BKK last year for being 10kg over

She was also bemused at this as well, as apparently Thai nationals flying TG wouldn't be slugged anything for that kind of excess