Gosh Mother Hen, I know what your talking about! Its great that EK looked after your daughter so well ,otherwise $$$$$. Usually the tollerance level of the airline depends firstly on your check-in staff at the time, basically if they are the type of person to help out and bend the rules a little or not, so thats the first wall to jump, next is how heavy the flight is, this depends on how many pax they are carrying, fuel and weight in the cargo-hold. Weather also comes into the loading as well, depending on the expectant weather (en-route and on arrival) will determined if extra fuel needs to be placed on for holding pattern, diverts etc. Load Control and Dispatch control these issues.
Your daughter would be well into her flying now, and Im sure she is loving it
I mostly wanted to put this info in for anyone who didnt understand the reasons behind baggge restrictions and was basically curious???
Thank you to flyoneday as well for your warm wishes....hope everyone has a smooth transition!
Cheers
