London Stansted :- Do they weigh bags at security?
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London Stansted :- Do they weigh bags at security?
Hi,
I will be flying out from Stansted soon, and I am unsure if at security - they weigh you're bags to make sure you are in the limits.
I always make sure my bag is under the correct requirements, but sometimes the extra grams does happen!
Thank you.
Nikolai.
I will be flying out from Stansted soon, and I am unsure if at security - they weigh you're bags to make sure you are in the limits.
I always make sure my bag is under the correct requirements, but sometimes the extra grams does happen!
Thank you.
Nikolai.
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If you are unsure about the weight there is an area at STN (landside) where you can check the weight get clear plastic bags and dump any item that are not allowed in you bag.
If I remember correctly its at the end of the Easyjet check-in area in
what used to be a shop.
As far as security, I have only ever seen the normal baggage size frames
I am 99% sure the weight is not checked.
If I remember correctly its at the end of the Easyjet check-in area in
what used to be a shop.
As far as security, I have only ever seen the normal baggage size frames
I am 99% sure the weight is not checked.
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...and what do the Security people do if overweight???? Sent the pax back to the Check-in desk to check in it??? and then join the queue again???
Didn't think this was a 'Friskim' Duty???? Always thought this area and procedures were aimed a 'SECURITY' - not revenue generation!!! AND always though that this was Airport Staff and Airport Controlled.....and at least one area MOL could'nt interfere with - not dictated by MOL's Policies & Procedures!!
Didn't think this was a 'Friskim' Duty???? Always thought this area and procedures were aimed a 'SECURITY' - not revenue generation!!! AND always though that this was Airport Staff and Airport Controlled.....and at least one area MOL could'nt interfere with - not dictated by MOL's Policies & Procedures!!
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Yes, and it seems they're doing it much more regularly now too. The person in front of me in the security queue last week had a bag that was too heavy and was told to go back to check-in, whilst the person behind me had a full sized suitcase! 
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Happens at EMA with BMI all the time you are accosted as you go through boarding card check and "invited" to make sure your bag fits in the jig, then again as you go through the gate to board it gets done again! have seen many people told to go back and check it in even if it firts with a shove the security people at the boarding card check get very annoyed about it, I was once checked 3 times
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Maybe it isnt weighed but it should be.
I am fed up seeing little old ladies pulling small bags weighing a good 20kgs
asking all and sundry for help whilst they block the aisles of airplanes.
I am fed up seeing little old ladies pulling small bags weighing a good 20kgs
asking all and sundry for help whilst they block the aisles of airplanes.
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Yes - but that size limit is not going to substantially affect weight. Nothing stopping me taking a 30 kilo bag - which fits under the requirements. Now if everyone did that (probably do) that A319 might struggle to get off the ground.
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The question was: are they weighing bags at security at Stansted. There have been several answers from people who don't know! I pass through about once a week at Stansted. Yes they regularly take this job upon themselves. Yes they were doing it last week, but I think only at one of the entrances. Last year they took it upon themselves to do this- I objected and said they were security and meant to look for bombs and things, not weigh bags. The answer was 'we are the partners of the airlines'. I said nonsense, they should stick to looking for security items.
They are a bumptious loudmouth bunch of concentration camp guards, shouting at and ordering passengers about. They are an abomination of aviation life, and totally useless, but they are enjoying expanding their empire as a form of job creation and job security (for themselves!).
They are a bumptious loudmouth bunch of concentration camp guards, shouting at and ordering passengers about. They are an abomination of aviation life, and totally useless, but they are enjoying expanding their empire as a form of job creation and job security (for themselves!).
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Ducksie must be offering free flights, just pay taxes & charges, to the securicrats at Stansted! The way I cope with STN now is to blank my mind completely to it and think of being on finals at the destination airport in good weather.
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I fly out of Stansted maybe, on average, 20 to 30 times a year and have never had my hand luggage weighed. As far as I am aware there is no UK government limit on weight. In fact, easyJet's only stipulation in relation to weight is that passengers should be able to lift their luggage into the overheads.
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Weight limits
As far as I was aware most airports operate the same way, an airline stipulates a carry on luggage size/ weight & number limitation. This is first checked at check-in by their own agents or airport check-in staff. As you pass through security most have size gauges to regulate what passes beyond that point, (weighing at this point is an optional extra).
However it is not unknown for certain passengers who fly regularly to try and avoid costs by purposely hiding luggage from check-in staff and after receiving their boarding card will then try to take the extra baggage through security. This is where the differences often occur, each airport has it's own interpretation as to how they deal with such passengers, some turn a blind eye and say it's not a security function it's up to the handling agents to stop and deal with at check-in and other airports make security rigorously send them back to check-in so that airlines do not dip out with the extra charges incurred. It just depends on where you fly from as to how you get treated, as for obnoxious staff their probably just being as obnoxious as some of the pax trying to cheat the system!!
However it is not unknown for certain passengers who fly regularly to try and avoid costs by purposely hiding luggage from check-in staff and after receiving their boarding card will then try to take the extra baggage through security. This is where the differences often occur, each airport has it's own interpretation as to how they deal with such passengers, some turn a blind eye and say it's not a security function it's up to the handling agents to stop and deal with at check-in and other airports make security rigorously send them back to check-in so that airlines do not dip out with the extra charges incurred. It just depends on where you fly from as to how you get treated, as for obnoxious staff their probably just being as obnoxious as some of the pax trying to cheat the system!!
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Thank you Rainbow - I think that I will wait and see and when I am flying out from Stansted; I will get my bags exactly 10 kilos. And I shall post back if they weigh them.
I think I did see scales, but not on every desk.
Nikolai.
I think I did see scales, but not on every desk.
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I travel often through Stansted and have never had my hand luggage weighed by security, perhaps because I only ever have one small travel bag. What does annoy me is people with more than one peice of hand luggage. On my last trip the women in front of me had a small suitcase, a laptop in a bag and a hand bag that was at least twice the size of my travel bag, and she was let through despite all the signs stating only one piece of hand luggae. .
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yes they do
I travel a lot through STN and also work there from time to time.
yes they do weigh the bags and if they are over 10Kgs they put a heavy tag on it. I have asked and been told that they do this as a health and safety requirement for the security staff. If they have to lift a bag off the X ray belt they know if its over 10Kgs. Its not a Ryanair or an easyjet thing !!
beware Ryanair are looking closley at the hand baggage and are making charges at the gate for people with more than one bag.
yes they do weigh the bags and if they are over 10Kgs they put a heavy tag on it. I have asked and been told that they do this as a health and safety requirement for the security staff. If they have to lift a bag off the X ray belt they know if its over 10Kgs. Its not a Ryanair or an easyjet thing !!
beware Ryanair are looking closley at the hand baggage and are making charges at the gate for people with more than one bag.
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STN Ramp Rat is quite correct. The main reason bags are being weighed at Central Search is because of the H&S concerns. Any one who travels through STN regularly will notice that the frequency with which bags are being weighed has increased drastically over the last few weeks.
In addition, be aware that many more airlines - not just Ryanair - are checking the hand baggage at the gate now. With FR, if you have a bag and then buy Duty Free and hence have a shopping bag as well then you have to put one inside the other. Otherwise you will be deemed as having two bags and have to check one into the hold - for which there is of course a charge
There are many pros and cons about this, but it is quite clear from the FR T&Cs that you accept when you book your flight
In addition, be aware that many more airlines - not just Ryanair - are checking the hand baggage at the gate now. With FR, if you have a bag and then buy Duty Free and hence have a shopping bag as well then you have to put one inside the other. Otherwise you will be deemed as having two bags and have to check one into the hold - for which there is of course a charge
There are many pros and cons about this, but it is quite clear from the FR T&Cs that you accept when you book your flight
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This should prove a damper to airside shopping.
So when sales drop, as a result, will the traders look for reduced rents from the airport operator, who will then increase charges to the airlines who adopt this policy to compensate?
Tis a vicious circle and one some of the bean counters at the airlines haven't taken into account.
So when sales drop, as a result, will the traders look for reduced rents from the airport operator, who will then increase charges to the airlines who adopt this policy to compensate?
Tis a vicious circle and one some of the bean counters at the airlines haven't taken into account.
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Hand baggage
Look guy's it's quite simple really!!
Hand baggage means HAND BAGGAGE(10kgs) & ONE PEICE means exactly that.
Passengers who check-in luggage on the upper weight limit and then expect to try and take as much again through security or to the departure gate will be charged. Airlines are starting to wise up to the pax who are disregarding the weight/bag number limits. Everybody moans about the queues at security but when you see the size and amount of bags that some pax try to get through no wonder it slows the system down.
Why on a short flight do pax need to take everything they own and the kitchen sink inside the aircraft with them I just don't understand.
If you don't need it on the flight then check it in, if you don't want to pay for carriage leave it at home. Give the security guy's a break and minimise your hand baggage and that way you will minimise the queues and time it takes to get through security. Help security and help yourselves!!!!
Stop whinging!!
Hand baggage means HAND BAGGAGE(10kgs) & ONE PEICE means exactly that.
Passengers who check-in luggage on the upper weight limit and then expect to try and take as much again through security or to the departure gate will be charged. Airlines are starting to wise up to the pax who are disregarding the weight/bag number limits. Everybody moans about the queues at security but when you see the size and amount of bags that some pax try to get through no wonder it slows the system down.
Why on a short flight do pax need to take everything they own and the kitchen sink inside the aircraft with them I just don't understand.
If you don't need it on the flight then check it in, if you don't want to pay for carriage leave it at home. Give the security guy's a break and minimise your hand baggage and that way you will minimise the queues and time it takes to get through security. Help security and help yourselves!!!!
Stop whinging!!