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    How Accurate Are the Scales That Weigh Your Luggage at Airports?

    by SharonKurheg January 17, 2025
    by SharonKurheg January 17, 2025

    When traveling, making sure your bags are no more than the maximum weight allowed is pretty important. If you’re over that 50-pound limit (well, 40 pounds for Frontier, Spirit and …

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    Airline to Weigh PAX On Scales Before Flights 8/28 to 9/19

    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 25, 2023

    Planes being able to fly is all based on 4 forces: Drag: the force that acts in the opposite direction of the plane and slows the plane down Lift: the …

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    Another Airline Lowering Max Checked Luggage Weight To 40 Pounds

    by SharonKurheg February 4, 2022
    by SharonKurheg February 4, 2022

    Remember when you used to fly, you could check your bag for free? Yeah, those days are long gone. Nearly all U.S.-based airlines charge a fee for checked bags up …

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    Why Planes Dump Fuel

    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2021
    by SharonKurheg August 27, 2021

    You may have heard about a plane “dumping fuel” before. The definition of it is pretty self-explanatory…the plane has X amount of fuel and it throws out, or “dumps” (although …

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    Are Airlines Really Going To Weigh Passengers? FAA Says Probably Not

    by SharonKurheg May 20, 2021
    by SharonKurheg May 20, 2021

    A couple of days ago, several news outlets and travel bloggers began reporting that U.S. airlines might begin weighing passengers before they board flights to ensure planes maintain a safe …

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    Why Air New Zealand Passengers Are Being Weighed Before Boarding

    by SharonKurheg April 15, 2021
    by SharonKurheg April 15, 2021

    Some Air New Zealand passengers were in for an awkward surprise when they were recently told they had to get weighed before boarding their flight. Hilary Barry is a journalist …

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