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Luggage is weighed as passengers check in at the airport. On commercial transportation, mostly with airlines, the baggage allowance is the amount of checked baggage or hand/carry-on luggage the company will allow per passenger. There may be limits on the amount that is allowed free of charge and hard limits on the amount that is allowed.
According to the rules of most air transportation authorities, such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Union's Joint Aviation Authorities, should passengers flying internationally with checked baggage fail to arrive at the departure gate before the flight is closed, that person's baggage must be retrieved from the aircraft hold before the flight is permitted to take off.
Restrictions on liquids: 3.4 ounce or smaller of containers for liquids and gels (100 ml) 1 quart-size clear plastic zip-top bag holding the liquid contents (approx. 950 ml) 1 bag per traveler shown openly in the security bin; the TSA guidelines explicitly accept the metricized portions of 100 ml / 1 liter as defined later in the European Union
In addition, passengers are limited to 3.4 US fluid ounces (100 ml) of almost any liquid or gel, which must be presented at the checkpoint in a clear, one-quart zip-top bag. [79] These restrictions on liquids were a reaction to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.
An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint and 1 ⁄ 128 of a US liquid gallon or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.08% larger than the imperial fluid ounce. A US food labeling fluid ounce is exactly 30 mL.
Passengers then attach the baggage tag and drop the bag at the baggage drop belt. Passengers without checked luggage can go straight to the lounge (if entitled to lounge access) and check in at the kiosk there using their ePass (a small RFID device only for its premium customers) [2] or proceed straight to the departure gate. Many airlines use ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is working to standardize RFID bag tags. In 2013, British Airways began a trial to test re-usable electronic luggage tags featuring electronic paper technology. The passenger checks in using the British Airways smartphone app, then holds the smartphone close to the tag.