By Rita R. Robison
My daughter and I got a chuckle out the recommendation by The Consumerist to take your own scale with you to the airport to avoid baggage weight overcharges.
The article said a TV station found nine out of 23 scales at the Boston Logan airport were giving inaccurate readings. It also cited a report in Ontario that found 27 percent of the airport's scales weren’t weighing bags correctly.
We thought lugging a 5-pound scale to the airport when you have baggage weight problems wasn’t workable.
Then, I read the comments on the article. They were amusing as well.
However, one consumer wrote that scales are available with a hook on them that you can hang a bag on. They weigh about 1 pound. He said it helps determine if you have one bag that weighs 60 pounds and another that weighs 30. That might be worthwhile, if you can hold up a 50- or 60-pound bag.
However, another consumer pointed out that just because your scale says your bag is under 50 pounds doesn’t mean that the airlines will accept your number as the actual weight.
What to you think of the "take your own scale to the airport" idea?
