kixy1
Contributor
I've often heard about this mysterious policy over the years, never referring to any specific airline. I can tell you my first hand experience has always been leaving the US I've been stuck with the #50 limit. Coming home, I've often been overweight, never more than 10 or 12lbs, but over. Every time (different countries, different airlines) I've been asked, or I've told them it's scuba gear and the bag was tagged and loaded. I stopped worrying about it years ago....