Hi Spork
The easy regs say "There is no weight restriction, within reasonable limits - i.e. a passenger must be able to place the piece of luggage safely in the overhead storage bins without assistance" - a pretty subjective rule, as it's asking the check in agent to take a view on this. 5' 2" weightlifters may well be miffed by this
The point of this thread is to see what happens when checking in, so that we can work out sensible rules of thumb from our experience.
I think that there are bound to be local interpretations of this new rule, but it should settle down in time.
However, if they are going to let me carry 12kg in a 55x40x20 case and a laptop too (also stated in the regs), then I for one think that is a pretty damn good deal, well in line with C class elsewhere.