Thai airlines weigh in on passenger pounds

[PingRoundTheWorld]

Any airline that weighs me or my luggage is an airline I will never travel with again. Just say no.

[fleccer]

Airlines that implemented this sort of policy must be boycotted, definitely

[scottiejohn]

18 minutes ago, fleccer said:

Airlines that implemented this sort of policy must be boycotted, definitely

Why?

[scottiejohn]

22 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Any airline that weighs me or my luggage is an airline I will never travel with again. Just say no.

Why?

[fleccer]

3 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Why?

Because it's unacceptable but if you like it instead, to be overcharged or forced to change your seat or even denied to boarding (not yet but could be in the future) due to your weight well take a seat

[0815]

12 hours ago, blazes said:

In Asia, there is generally no problem with obesity (so, yes, this may just be an opportunity to gouge further).

 

In the US of A on the other hand....

Open your eyes when you walk in the streets of the LOS.

[0815]

12 hours ago, Elkski said:

I am all for paying for over a base weight and you Should need to pay for a wider or double seat if you will intrude on nearby seats.  Its obvious that a 50 kg person costs much less fuel than a 120kg person. 

Because of the fat people inside the aeroplane the arodynamics is changing ?
Do a research how many tons of kerosin get released worldwide before every landing and then tell us again that the airlines want to save fuel.

[twizzian]

A future ploy to start charging more for the fatties

[arick]

Maybe they should start running the airlines by diesel cuz the diesel prices are really low again

[arick]

It's unacceptable at the moment Airlines to North America are four times the normal price and now they're trying to do weight restrictions they're raking in the money because the Chinese Airlines aren't flying

[cowellandrew]

That my wife stuck chubby brown has put on quite a few kilos!

[Hammerite]

A couple of years ago I took a PAL flight. Dozens of Filipino passengers were allowed to totally ignore the hand baggage rules and boarded with several heavy bags each..totally ignored by the gossiping and preening flight attendants. Result: the plane was found to be overweight and some hold luggage ..including all of my own was deplaned!!! On arrival in Surigao I was given the princely sum of 1000 pesos ( about 15GBP) as compensation to buy a few clothes till mine turned up..and I even had to fight for that!!!

I support the airlines in checking passenger weights ...including their carry on luggage. At the moment those of us who keep to the rules are punished for the benefit of greedy passengers who won't pay for extra hold luggage and try and sneak it on the plane.

 

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, fleccer said:

Because it's unacceptable but if you like it instead, to be overcharged or forced to change your seat

What's more unacceptable is for you to claim, falsely, that that is what is happening.   Try reading the article again and quote the part where extra charges or booked seat changes were mentioned.

Edited October 21, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[fleccer]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What's more unacceptable is for you to claim, falsely, that that is what is happening.   Try reading the article again and quote the part where extra charges or booked seat changes were mentioned.

In fact in parentheses I said not yet but could be in the future So before to accused me to spread false information learn to read please learn to read

Edited October 21, 2023 by fleccer

[FarangFB]

13 hours ago, digbeth said:

there's been a few crash due to bad weigh distribution, biggest one recently was 747 that took off from Kabul and crash due to bad weight distribution in 2013

I've researched and it was a cargo airplane carrying 270 tonnes. Part of this very heavy weight wasn't secured and "went through the bulkhead and disabled two hydraulic systems, making the aircraft uncontrollable."

 

Still, nothing to do with a small (and fixed, not shifting) imbalance between passengers on different parts of the plane. They just want another way to charge more money, that's it.

[Kinok Farang]

Being an American,i think this is outright racism.

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, bdenner said:

See this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Midwest_Flight_5481

There have been many more!

Nothing to do with COG, it was slightly overloaded and had a mechanical failure of the the elevator control cable. If you are going to supply links, read them and make them applicable!

[Sir Swagman]

13 hours ago, arick said:

Maybe they should start running the airlines by diesel cuz the diesel prices are really low again

Jet Fuel pretty much is diesel - current price  (and of course it fluctuates) is close to 55 Cents USD/Litre. Wish I could buy diesel at that price!

[Liverpool Lou]

11 hours ago, fleccer said:

13 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What's more unacceptable is for you to claim, falsely, that that is what is happening.   Try reading the article again and quote the part where extra charges or booked seat changes were mentioned.

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In fact in parentheses I said not yet but could be in the future So before to accused me to spread false information learn to read please learn to read

You are deliberately spreading false information by suggesting that that is the intention of the data collection when there has, in fact, been no indication, whatsoever, of that being the case so please learn to read your own comments before accusing me of not being able to read.

[daveAustin]

On 10/21/2023 at 6:41 AM, Ben Zioner said:

Dual pricing down the road? Maybe not, most  Thai men, and even women, weigh more than my [modest] 85Kg.

Really? Might be outside McDonalds but don't think this is generally representative of the local populace. Move around a bit, bro.

[DLock]

I’m good with this. And if it stops a few fatties flying that airline and sitting next to me and spilling into my seat, that’s a bonus.

[puck2]

When I read many complaining or negative comments, then I guess, there must be a lot of overweight people 😉

Edited October 22, 2023 by puck2

[hotandsticky]

9 minutes ago, puck2 said:

When I read many complaining or negative comments, then I guess, there must be a lot of overweight people 😉

 

 

No flies on you, are there Sherlock!

[Fairynuff]

On 10/21/2023 at 4:09 AM, spidermike007 said:

Very intrusive. I think I would start saying NO to the airlines who engage in this policy. See ya! 

Hope you’re a good walker because this is the future.

[Puccini]

On 10/21/2023 at 11:53 AM, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Any airline that weighs me or my luggage is an airline I will never travel with again. Just say no.

You may not be aware of this, but when you put your luggage on the conveyor belt at the check-in counter it is weighed and the weight is automatically recorded in a database as part of an estimation of the flight's take-off weight.

[observer90210]

One may have belived some sort of weight partition or basic aeronautic physics had it been another airline.

 

But with all respect, when many things are enforced in Thailand, the main purpose is to make.....

 

m o n e y !!!!

 

 

[spidermike007]

9 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

Hope you’re a good walker because this is the future.

Don't get me started on the future. Frankly, it doesn't look good for the next Gen. 

[BarraMarra]

On 10/20/2023 at 11:31 PM, Bobydog said:

This practice was alive and well years ago in the Philippines, don't know about now, it's been a while.

Depends if your a salad dodger like Some Yanks 300 Ib plus have to pay for 2 seats.

Edited October 22, 2023 by BarraMarra

[tigerbeer]

not imposing weigh in while others do could be a great marketing strategy to bring in volume and overall increased profits 

[radiochaser]

On 10/20/2023 at 9:04 PM, dcalaska said:

The average weight of a passenger with luggage is 84 KGs. Ticket prices should be set on this average weight. Paid at booking.

Step 2: At check-in, weight the luggage AND the passenger. If the weight is under 84 KGs, a refund is due to the fuel saving lighter passenger and luggage.

If the total weight is over 84 KGs, the fuel consuming heavy passenger must pay a fuel surcharge.

Simple as that. Fairness is good for everyone. Everybody wins. How can you argue that.

Average weight for a Thai person with luggage?