BA's new luggage policy- no bags over 50 lbs accepted

using a sturdy cardboard box

I've done this three times.

How do you weigh your bag ahead of time to know if it's 50lbs or less before flying? I don't have a big enough scale. I'm glad we can still to 2 bags to/from the US, I read it wrong before. I too was hoping to move some things over there as luggage...

I've always used a bathroom scale. Weigh yourself without the bag. Weigh yourself holding the bag. The difference is the bag. 

There are also luggage scales you can buy, that have a handle and hook so you can hold it up and see the scale.

I was over (corn tortillas weigh a LOT ), but magically, we said nothing, the guy who checked me in said nothing...
blessings counted.

(corn tortillas weigh a LOT

...and are you going to share?? 

I do the bathroom scale thing. It is a big awkward but I usually add a few pounds for the sake of it and usually end up being over. Last time I was at LHR, there were lots of scales around people could weigh their bags in advance. I like that idea. Much better than trying to move things around last minute.

My Dh & I use bathroom scales also we always add a few extra pounds as well. but we normally use American Airlines though, Dh doesnt like BA.

...and are you going to share?? 

I actually brought them back for someone else   I'm okay with the corn tortillas here!

I'm okay with the corn tortillas here!

Heathen! 

(And thank youuuuuuuuu!  )

Thanks! It does sound akward holding the heavy suitcase with you on the scale, but I'm trying to  cut expenses and not accumulate new things since I'm hoping to move over this summer.

Heathen! 

(And thank youuuuuuuuu!  )

Courtney, I had no idea you were such a snob!! Oh, what I would do for a fresh flour tortilla right now!!!

back to luggage... another thing I do if it is very awkward to hold is to weigh everything separately... l usually have things in vacuum bags or boxes within the luggage. That seems to work too.

Courtney, I had no idea you were such a snob!!

It's true! 


It IS awkward to use a bathroom scale, but I like the buddy system. You hold it and someone else reads the weight. My sister didn't even own a scale before my last trip home but she does now. If I am allowed 50 lbs, I plan on using every bit of it. 

Courtney, I had no idea you were such a snob!! Oh, what I would do for a fresh flour tortilla right now!!!

 
CORN, Jennifer!!!  I don't think flour is acceptable.
/my portion of the hijack

CORN, Jennifer!!!  I don't think flour is acceptable.
/my portion of the hijack

now that is where I AM the tortilla snob... flour all the way!! The stuff here is unacceptable.  my dad makes the best!!! mmm... I wish I had that for dinner tonight.