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From: Dillon Pyron on 24 Jul 2010 23:18 [Default] Thus spake Barbara Brown <babrown99(a)wowway.com>: >Has anyone tried using those bags where you suck out all the air with >your vacuum for packing your luggage? > >I thought it was a good idea but then I realized, how would I get all >that stuff back in the suitcase without a vacuum on the way home? Would >the ship lend you a vacuum? > >Are your clothes so wrinkled when you take them out that you'd pay more >for pressing than the extra baggage charge? > >Barbara One thing to be wary of is that you can easily go over the 50 pound limit (not 51 pounds, as another passenger checking in on our return from MIA last year learned) -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: Bill on 25 Jul 2010 00:42 On 7/24/2010 11:18 PM, Dillon Pyron wrote: > > One thing to be wary of is that you can easily go over the 50 pound > limit (not 51 pounds, as another passenger checking in on our return > from MIA last year learned) That's why you should get one of these: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18014 There are better ones on the site (and elsewhere) but they're more than $5.94. Bil
From: Brian on 25 Jul 2010 19:50 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:18:12 -0500, Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: >One thing to be wary of is that you can easily go over the 50 pound >limit (not 51 pounds, as another passenger checking in on our return >from MIA last year learned) There have been stories in the press about some scales being inaccurate. Asking that it be re-weighed on another scale might be a good idea when it is so close.
From: Dillon Pyron on 27 Jul 2010 10:58 [Default] Thus spake Bill <billrubin(a)prodigy.net>: >On 7/24/2010 11:18 PM, Dillon Pyron wrote: >> >> One thing to be wary of is that you can easily go over the 50 pound >> limit (not 51 pounds, as another passenger checking in on our return >> from MIA last year learned) > >That's why you should get one of these: > >http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18014 > >There are better ones on the site (and elsewhere) but they're more than >$5.94. > >Bil We have a similar one. We also go outbound with three bags and home with (sometimes) four. Or load our carry ons to almost "unable to carry" weight. Yeah, these days everyone should be weighing everything. We even take the scale to stores to weigh the bags. -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: RayC on 27 Jul 2010 16:46
Dillon Pyron wrote: > We have a similar one. We also go outbound with three bags and home > with (sometimes) four. Or load our carry ons to almost "unable to > carry" weight. > > Yeah, these days everyone should be weighing everything. We even take > the scale to stores to weigh the bags. We just returned from Peru and they actually weighed our carry-ons. Seems now they have a 22# limit there as well ... at least on Taca -- Ray Contreras =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.CompressorStuff.com http://www.rayzplace.com |