It also seems to depend on how full the plane is. I went somewhere once with an enormous amount of excess baggage (mostly camera equipment). They weighed it, told me how much it would cost, then said the flight was only half full, so they wouldn't charge.
-- Cheers, Bob > > I think a lot of it is to do with demeanour. If you look like > you're carrying on something heavy, then they will notice and > weigh it. I had no problem and it was definitely more than 5kg. >

