Didn't realise no tolerance for WPs being slightly over weight restrictions

[Fantic125]

From what I've seen, most WP's are overweight, even without baggage.....

 

[TonyHancock]

From what I've seen, most WP's are overweight, even without baggage.....

I most definitely resemble that remark.

 

[serfty]

Of course, things like spare batteries and other relatively dense items have no weight at all if you are wearing them on your person.

 

[nlagalle]

Checking in at PER last December I was advised that since the move to Altea, the system cannot allow people to get away with excess luggage. If it's over the limit for the pax, the system advises and will not allow checkin to be completed or bag tags to be printed. Payment is the only way to get around this, so it looks like it's an Altea thing.

Interesting as I have a letter from Qantas that allows me to carry up to 50kg when travelling for work. All I need to do is present the letter when I check in. I wonder how they get around that?

 

[JohnK]

From what I've seen, most WP's are overweight, even without baggage.....

Have we met? :shock:

Of course, things like spare batteries and other relatively dense items have no weight at all if you are wearing them on your person.

I used that trick last time with a couple of dozen golf balls on my person.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Interesting as I have a letter from Qantas that allows me to carry up to 50kg when travelling for work. All I need to do is present the letter when I check in. I wonder how they get around that?

Feel free to post a copy of your letter

 

[Hvr]

So how much more weight do I have to lose before I can become a WP? (Assuming all my flights come through in the next two months?)

 

[pauly7]

So how much more weight do I have to lose before I can become a WP? (Assuming all my flights come through in the next two months?)

Contrary to popular belief not all WP are fat Tho I see alot who are... Those who have indulged a little too much in the lounge offerings over the year perhaps....

Infact my group of WP mates and colleagues are super fitness addicts and we recently put in a request to our QF rep for a gym at the F lounge haha!!

So you can join our sub-segment of 10% body fat or less WP's if you want !!

 

[Natt]

well sort of on topic, but I reckon a 15kg and a 20kg backpack arrangement for two people travelling 8 months is pretty good!

actually it started out 8 kilos lighter, but then both we and the luggage gained a bit :shock:

relieved to be in Canada atm and eating fresh food, after all the junk we ate in the US

 

[TonyHancock]

Infact my group of WP mates and colleagues are super fitness addicts and we recently put in a request to our QF rep for a gym at the F lounge haha!!

So you can join our sub-segment of 10% body fat or less WP's if you want !!

I'm gonna hunt you thinnies down :evil:

 

[straitman]

I'm gonna hunt you thinnies down :evil:

... and do precisely what? Ask them about their eating habits :!:

 

[TonyHancock]

... and do precisely what? Ask them about their eating habits :!:

Make them eat all of the Melbourne domestic lounge food offerings...well at least those after breakfast!!!!

 

[NYCguy]

Contrary to popular belief not all WP are fat Tho I see alot who are... Those who have indulged a little too much in the lounge offerings over the year perhaps....

It always amazes me when I read TR's where the author:

• Arrives at the lounge 3 hours prior to STD and proceeds to sample every single dish on the menu, washed down with good deal of bubbly, then;
• Boards the aircraft, and polishes off 3 bowls of nuts and 4 glasses of bubbles prior to takeoff;
• Orders the whole full-scale extravaganza lunch, with several glasses of wine;
• Passes-out for 4 hours due to gastric overload, then regains consciousness and reaches for the snack menu;
• Chooses several items and more bubbly;
• Stumbles back from the toilet to find their bed made, passes out for another 4 hours, then;
• Awakens to a full-scale, four-course breakfast with a couple of Bloody Mary's, then after arrival;
• Staggers into the arrivals lounge for a quick shower and... A quick visit to the breakfast buffet!

OK, if you're a sometime-traveler, especially if you rarely get to sit in the first dozen or so rows on long flights, this behaviour is totally excusable. In fact, I'd encourage it! I get the feeling, however, that a good number of the people who write of their Bacchanalian inflight gustatory orgies are accustomed to sitting up the front. I just hope they have a good Cardiologist on-call for when they wake up with crushing central chest-pain at 0300 one morning and need a couple of stents! That, and an iron-clad Will.

 

[TonyHancock]

It always amazes me when I read TR's where the author:

• Arrives at the lounge 3 hours prior to STD and proceeds to sample every single dish on the menu, washed down with good deal of bubbly, then;
• Boards the aircraft, and polishes off 3 bowls of nuts and 4 glasses of bubbles prior to takeoff;
• Orders the whole full-scale extravaganza lunch, with several glasses of wine;
• Passes-out for 4 hours due to gastric overload, then regains consciousness and reaches for the snack menu;
• Chooses several items and more bubbly;
• Stumbles back from the toilet to find their bed made, passes out for another 4 hours, then;
• Awakens to a full-scale, four-course breakfast with a couple of Bloody Mary's, then after arrival;
• Staggers into the arrivals lounge for a quick shower and... A quick visit to the breakfast buffet!

OK, if you're a sometime-traveler, especially if you rarely get to sit in the first dozen or so rows on long flights, this behaviour is totally excusable. In fact, I'd encourage it! I get the feeling, however, that a good number of the people who write of their Bacchanalian inflight gustatory orgies are accustomed to sitting up the front. I just hope they also have a good Cardiologist on retainer for when they wake up with crushing central chest-pain at 0300 one morning! That, and an iron-clad Will.

mmmm..not sure about the bubbly but everything else sounds good.

 

[straitman]

It always amazes me when I read TR's where the author:

• Arrives at the lounge 3 hours prior to STD and proceeds to sample every single dish on the menu, washed down with good deal of bubbly, then;
• Boards the aircraft, and polishes off 3 bowls of nuts and 4 glasses of bubbles prior to takeoff;
• Orders the whole full-scale extravaganza lunch, with several glasses of wine;
• Passes-out for 4 hours due to gastric overload, then regains consciousness and reaches for the snack menu;
• Chooses several items and more bubbly;
• Stumbles back from the toilet to find their bed made, passes out for another 4 hours, then;
• Awakens to a full-scale, four-course breakfast with a couple of Bloody Mary's, then after arrival;
• Staggers into the arrivals lounge for a quick shower and... A quick visit to the breakfast buffet!

OK, if you're a sometime-traveler, especially if you rarely get to sit in the first dozen or so rows on long flights, this behaviour is totally excusable. In fact, I'd encourage it! I get the feeling, however, that a good number of the people who write of their Bacchanalian inflight gustatory orgies are accustomed to sitting up the front. I just hope they have a good Cardiologist on-call for when they wake up with crushing central chest-pain at 0300 one morning and need a couple of stents! That, and an iron-clad Will.

The thought works for me though there is no way I could eat or drinking that anywhere near that much :!:

 

[Flashback]

Natt, I too only have 17kg in my backpack and am moving country so we're all doing well!

 

[pauly7]

I'm gonna hunt you thinnies down :evil:

Hahaha mate I'm sure I could out run the flabby WP's... Or if cornered out box!

Will keep the thread posted about the status of the QF gym in the lounge

 

[JetLagged]

• Arrives at the lounge 3 hours prior to STD and proceeds to sample every single dish on the menu, washed down with good deal of bubbly, then;
• Boards the aircraft, and polishes off 3 bowls of nuts and 4 glasses of bubbles prior to takeoff;
• Orders the whole full-scale extravaganza lunch, with several glasses of wine;
• Passes-out for 4 hours due to gastric overload, then regains consciousness and reaches for the snack menu;
• Chooses several items and more bubbly;
• Stumbles back from the toilet to find their bed made, passes out for another 4 hours, then;
• Awakens to a full-scale, four-course breakfast with a couple of Bloody Mary's, then after arrival;
• Staggers into the arrivals lounge for a quick shower and... A quick visit to the breakfast buffet!

Please - forget about the Bloody Mary's and even the snack menu - but QF better bloody well ensure that there is plenty of that superb Tattinger 1999 onboard when I fly!

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Infact my group of WP mates and colleagues are super fitness addicts and we recently put in a request to our QF rep for a gym at the F lounge haha!!

Good one. After a few days of travel, l love hitting the gym.

Back on topic, l was 2+ kg over (~40 kg) when l did PER-SYD about a month ago. I smiled and was waived the $20 excess fee. First time ever l have been over.

 

[simongr]

Of course, things like spare batteries and other relatively dense items have no weight at all if you are wearing them on your person.

That's when you need a scottevest