Q&A for How to Weigh Luggage Before Your Flight

In some airports, there is a weighing service that you can pay for. If your luggage needs to be handled carefully, you can also have them wrap your luggage and mark it as fragile.

You can purchase cheap luggage scales to check the weight of your luggage prior to a flight. Search for them on Amazon or a similar site, they are only around $10.

There is a range, but most commonly you are charged extra if your suitcase weighs more than 50 lbs.

No, actually you can't! You have to be at the airport to pay the price of the luggage because TSA can't determine the cost ahead of time just in case you pack more than originally planned.