British Airways Weight Restrictions

[Foxhill]

If you have flown on British Airways lately, can you tell us whether they weighed your carry on luggage? They restrict World Travelers to a 13 lb. carry on weight and the suitcase alone weighs almost that. How strict are they with this policy? Do they actually weigh the carry on luggage? :confused:

Thanks for any input from recent BA flyers...

[LHT28]

You can check the regulations at

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/bagchk/public/en_us

 

Yes they do weigh your carry-on and they are strict with their weight restrictions.

 

I carry a small nylon suitcase ..works out fine

[SPI_Rick]

Foxhill, you will want to limit your carry-on to a light bag that contains only high-value items or essentials (ie. laptop, expensive camera, prescription medications). Put the rest of your items in the checked baggage. You can take 2 checked bags weighing up to 70 pounds each. So your total baggage allowance (both checked and carry-on) is over 150 pounds.

 

 

You MIGHT be able to get by being a few pounds overweight with your carry-on bag, but the danger is that if you are caught being over the limit you might have your carry-on taken from you and put into checked baggage at the gate. It would be safer just to the bulk of your things in checked baggage.

[Globaliser]

If your suitcase weighs almost that much on its own, it is totally unsuitable for cabin baggage, as far as BA is concerned at any rate. As SPI_Rick says, you are only supposed to bring on a light bag with valuables and essentials. Everything else should be checked.

 

I seldom have my cabin baggage weighed by BA, but that's because it looks both small and light. That is the key to getting away with a few pounds extra. Anything that doesn't has a good chance of being "investigated" at some stage during the check-in or boarding process, especially if the flight is busy.

[Andros]

I have researched this and found out this for our travels. My friends and I are going to London via Virgin. After 3 days will be flying to Barcelona via BA. We will only be allowed 2 checked bags with a total combined weight of 53lbs. Also 1 carry-on 13lbs as others have stated. Hope this helps. We will be considered euro flyers.

[Andros]

Sorry, I stand corrected. I went back and looked at our travel info and found the combined weight is 51 lbs. 70 lbs each bag checked from the States.;)