@iacisrrma
#1>>>if you are the ticket holder and redistribute weight between your own bags so each is within the allowable limit there is no problem
#2>>>if you are a ticket holder and you have some extra weight/space and you allow a friend to place some weight in your bag (and receive no compensation) you probably have no problem in terms of cheating the airline out of revenue. You may have security issues when asked if anyone gave you something to carry /ship or if everything in you bag belongs to you
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#3 >>>If you are a ticket holder and know you are overweight on your carry on, so you do “a whole switch with my friends carry on so they wouldn’t charge me for being overweight” you’d be stealing. This infers that the traveler falsely had the friends legal weight carry on handed to airport personnel for weighing while the friend held onto the overweight bag, then exchanged bags and took the never weighed, overweight bag on the plane.
This is no different than having a friend hold some of your belongings, having your carry on weighed on check-in, then going back to the friend, retrieving your belongings and stuffing the bags with un-weighed goods. That’s stealing.
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