Are we being had?

[ImPlaneCrazy]

As someone has said before the belt's are in no way owned by the carriers themselves - it is the airport's responsibility; and unless you're some sort of major conspiracist then it's not true LCC tamper with belts / have pedals under the desk to put weight up etc!

I've seen it many a time when people haven't put the bag completely on the belt (intentional or not...) or its hanging off the end ever so slightly and you'd be suprised at the results!

ps. You CAN NOT be charged unless you are over 1kg over, so if you allowance is 23kg, you cannot be charged if your bag weighs 23.9kg... trading standards and all that. In effect you would be paying for a full kilo over; which you are not.