If a flight ticket indicates that the maximum luggage weight is "50 lb/23kg", is the limit 50lb or 23kg?
23kg = 50.7 lb. I know that typically the check-in counter agents would allow check-in luggage to be above 1 lb the maximum free authorized weight, but just in case some agent decides to strictly apply the luggage weight policy.
If specific to the airline, I'm currently interested in Qatar Airways. If specific to the departure airport, I'm currently interested in SFO.
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In my experience airlines almost never enforce these limits that precisely. I've been allowed to check bags weighing a little more than the limit on several occasions.
When they do enforce the limit precisely, they use the units of measurement that prevail in the place where you are checking in. I have been held strictly to the limit on only two or three occasions. The limit was 50 lbs in the US and 23 kilos everywhere else, notably including the UK.
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In my experience they look the weight in the scale, which it is not so precise and it has just one unit. SFO: I expect they will have lb-only scales, and so they would check just this number. I'm not sure they can convert easily the weights.
The only problem arrise if you have a domestic flight later (and possibly to a domestic only airport), in a metric country. In this case you may pass custom with your baggage and check it again. Arguing with transfer desk is not always the best way to pass time with a short connection. OTOH it should not matter: the rule of the longest flight should be applied on checked baggage.
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