@DiT
I'm not complaining about excess baggage charges per se. However, I would say that the standard 20kg allowance is a tad stingy (US airlines still allow 32kg) and that the excess charges are way in excess of the actual cost to the airline.

So here's my suggestion. Why not have measure a combined weight of bag plus passenger? Allow say 110kg total, subject to a maximum baggage weight of 30kg, which means a big 16st lad will still get 10kg allowance and someone like me would get the full 30kg allowance.

No doubt there are logistics to consider, and also someone will bleat about human rights, but what do you reckon?

Edit - to all of you recommending the train, fine. I use trains when I can, but it's difficult finding one that goes from Edinburgh Waverley to the USA.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 11:36, Reply)