 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone done this? Were there any issues with check in staff trying to claim it didn't meet the rules?
I'm doing this tomorrow, along with max hand luggage allowance, but from HK where they may not have much experience checking in skis! As there are 4 sectors to my flight it will save me £140!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes - no problem
note the 23kg per piece max weight. they have never been too picky about that IME
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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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I've tried to weigh it but it's hard on bathroom scales. It has in it - skis (Sal LAB 3V), boots, shovel, probe, ski suit, ski clothes, hat etc washbag. My non ski clothes are all going hand luggage. The bag itself is very lightweight - too lightweight really but there weren't many options this time of year in HK! DOes that sound like less than 23kgs?
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beanie1, weigh yourself, then you and the bag and do some sums 
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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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beanie1, it'll probably be close. i always struggled to keep it under 23kg but most of the time i was carrying 194 Dynastar XXLs with dukes (ie HEAVY) and the bag I have for these purposes weighs quite a lot on its own. but they never seemed too worried about the odd kilo so no problem in practice
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beanie1, A lot of travel shops sell natty little luggage weighers for not much cash that hook under bag handles, you might find it easy to pick up the gadget for not much cash and that might help give peace of mind - just an idea.
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No problem with one of kids having a bag with 2 pairs of skis and a load of clothes in it as their checked in bag flying BA at half term.
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BA sell one of those scales on board in the duty free (obviously that won't be much use for your first sector) and the new model has a strap that clips around the case handle. I always found the ones with a hook a pain as the case kept sliding off on the one I had. I use the new one all the time when travelling...being a girl, I have huge problems staying within my weight limit 
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beanie1, We managed 2 boards, 2 sets of bindings, 2 pairs of boots plus various other bits of clothing and it came in at about 22kgs. we used tiffins suggestion to make sure we weren't over the limit.
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Np problem every time I have done it, although I do not push the weight limit
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