Originally Posted by Leezyjet
Those that have little or no bags normally off set the ones that do have excess - but the airlines will not let you pool your baggage with total strangers, as they would not be able to make more money out of you then.
Can you imagine the logistics nightmare for check-in staff, not to mention the inconvienience, of trying to sort out people who turn up with excess baggage hoping to be able to pool their allowance with some other passenger (who may not have checked in yet) who is under their allowance?
Totally unworkable IMO.