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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sage, I should imagine they are covered by 'Weights and Measures' act, just like any business where weight is involved, butchers, grocers etc. As such, they should be regularly calibrated, and are subject to checks by Trading Standards.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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David_S, that's exactly what I've done for about half-a-dozen trips - if I'm wearing them neither the airline nor I can lose them. Only trouble was one EJ flight where the flight attendant didn't want me to wear them on the plane (other EJ, BA and First Choice flights have been perfectly OK), but was perfectly happy for me to take them off and put them in the overhead locker (in addition to my normal carry on and duty free). Ignore stoatsbrother's clear personal insecurity and go for it!
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they should be regularly calibrated
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Yes but are they, hence my question.
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GrahamN Thanks, I now have this lovely image of a couple of hundred people trying to get onto a charter flight to Lyon in ski boots... I think the airlines would put a stop to it pretty soon! 
My main reason for packing them in hand luggage is I have twice lost a day skiing when the boots caught a later trnasfer plane than me... I still think wearing ski boots as you walk to the plane and whilst you are on it is dangerous. When airlines do their evacuation exercises, I believe the fake punters use trainers, but I suspect others willl know more. Certainly you can be refused to be allowed on a plane because you have no footwear.
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Was not too serious about wearing them but 200 + in boots at check in would at least make the airlines take note, maybe.... Personally I leave mine in the top box as we drive, from south England Alps can be done in maybe 12 hours d2d, if u have a few drivers in the car we don't  so have overnight stop, count the hours from through check in and transfers and all this luggage discussion - think about driving, train or coach none take that much longer and all have pros and cons we have 6 people in our party (3 kids) and flying is just impractical for us (BA Ryanair EJ would love us though all those bags)
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GrahamN, stoatsbrother, Think I said this earlier, but following advice on here a year or so ago, I threatened to wear the boots after being questioned about them as hand baggage. The agent, being pragmatic ( and consequently French), all I got was a wry smile and I was allowed to continue.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Further to my original post. If there are 7 in our group all on the same booking reference, easyjet from Liverpool to Geneva and two have paid for ski carriage taking their allowance by my reckoning to 32kg. If any of the other group are slightly over on weight will that be viewed as excess baggage or will the total allowance for seven people be taken into account????
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Like others I have tried, in the past, to take on a boot bag as hand luggage and had it refused.
A boot boot bag could not fit the minimum dimensions for hand luggage (55 x 40 x 20cm). How can two boots side by side be less than 20cm?
However I have several times taken ski-boots on in a rucksack (one inverted over the other) and there is never any problem over that. I checked with easyjet and they had no problem with the idea.
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snowball, I think I posted in another thread - I take my boots as carry on, but not in a boot bag, they are in a samsonite case which is the exact dimensions, and holds the boots in a 69 fashion.
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You know it makes sense.
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snowball, it's a nonsense anyway - the smallest lockers I've come across are in the Fokker 100s, and I managed to get my boot bag in by unzipping it enough to pull one boot free of the other, sliding the bag in (locker is quite triangular), and then zipping it back up again. It's not rocket science.
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now where's the consistancy there? Needless to say, could get straight answer out of Neilson. Incidentally, I was also told that if they try to charge at check in for boots going into the hold, then to take offending boot bag on as hand luggage !!! 
who are occupying the seats 
