Excess baggage allowance PAL

[Christyjoyce14 0]

Hi. 

 

Me & my husband is traveling to the Philippines by PAL. They gave us 2 pieces baggage with 50 lbs per baggage allowance. I would jst like to ask if what if I exceeded just a decimal point for example 50.8 lbs or 1 lb (51) will they automatically charge you with an excess allawonce? 

[TBoneTX 45,571]

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[Hank_ 9,174]

Something to ask the airline.    Overage fees are not cheap

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

10 hours ago, Christyjoyce14 said:

Hi. 

 

Me & my husband is traveling to the Philippines by PAL. They gave us 2 pieces baggage with 50 lbs per baggage allowance. I would jst like to ask if what if I exceeded just a decimal point for example 50.8 lbs or 1 lb (51) will they automatically charge you with an excess allawonce? 

It depends on how close the baggage is to the allowance limit. If the baggage is over a few ounces then my guess would be no they won't charge you. But if you are like my asawa and just pack pack pack then yes they did charge us a baggage overage fee of $150USD. So understand how much you pack and how much it weighs.

[Umka36 781]

The scale you use may not equal their scale for weight measurement. Personally I don't like to push the limit and always pack less. I've seen folks having to dig through their luggage to remove items in order to make weight, and I don't want to be that person. The excessive weight fee as mentioned is quite expensive. I suggest putting small heavy item as a carryon (assuming the item is allowed). I've personally put two Costco Jelly Belly (8lbs total), nuts, and etc. in my backpack as a carry on.  My back pack weight more than 20 pounds, but its all compact and looks quite small.

[John & Rose 7,239]

7 minutes ago, Umka36 said:

The scale you use may not equal their scale for weight measurement. Personally I don't like to push the limit and always pack less. I've seen folks having to dig through their luggage to remove items in order to make weight, and I don't want to be that person. The excessive weight fee as mentioned is quite expensive. I suggest putting small heavy item as a carryon (assuming the item is allowed). I've personally put two Costco Jelly Belly (8lbs total), nuts, and etc. in my backpack as a carry on.  My back pack weight more than 20 pounds, but its all compact and looks quite small.

I did see one person get dinged $200 for being .22 kgs over.  They also had a carry on that was over the 15kg allowed.  They tried to move stuff around to make it work but they paid the extra...