Ah yes, the casual hand case lift - well practised.
On one long haul trip, on checkin at SYD, we knew we would be over even the P.E. limit. We had placed all the cosmetics, shampoo and left over sunscreen in one bag in the main case. When the bag was TOO much over the limit, we opened the case and handed the agent the collection. She was delighted and tucked the goody bag under the counter and waved through the rest of our over weight cases.