Packing Weight Sheet
Fill it in as you pack, not at the airport. The case counts, and so does the journey home.
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The bag
- Destination
- Date
- Airline
- Allowance from the booking
- Empty case weight
- TOTAL PACKED
- ROOM LEFT
- Reserved for the way home
- Weighed on a scale? (y/n)
What is going in
| Item or group | Weight | Essential? | Cut if over |
|---|---|---|---|
The arithmetic
- Total on the scale
- case + everything inside it
- Room left
- allowance − total
- Allowance used
- total ÷ allowance
- Honest headroom
- room left − return reserve
- ⚠ The case counts
- it is weighed with the contents
- 50 lb
- 22.68 kg — NOT 23
- 23 kg
- 50.7 lb
Before you close the bag
- Allowance taken from the booking, not from memory
- Codeshare checked - the operating airline's rules may apply
- Empty case weighed once and written down
- Bag actually put on a scale, not estimated
- Heaviest shoes and coat worn rather than packed
- Something kept back for the journey home
- Hand luggage checked against its OWN allowance and size limit
- Liquids within the cabin rules if they are going in the cabin
- Advance excess-baggage price compared against the desk price
The empty case is the cheapest kilogram
A hard shell at 4-5 kg spends a fifth of a 23 kg allowance before you pack anything. If you are regularly near the limit, a lighter case buys two or three kilograms on every trip you ever take - usually for less than one excess-baggage charge.
Pack for the return, not the departure
A bag exactly on the limit leaving has no room to bring anything home, and you will not discover that until you are repacking in a hotel room. Decide the reserve before you leave, and treat the outbound headroom as the number that has already had it taken out.