Should airports let you take more on holiday? We ask travellers in Birmingham

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Do baggage rules feel too strict? We ask people in Birmingham whether they’ve been caught out at the airport—and if travellers should be allowed to pack more without being hit with extra charges.

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00:00yeah I reckon so because I think it's just hard again and isn't it the economy the standard

00:07allowance that flights let you have these days is not much and it's all just designed to add

00:12add-ons and it's just it's a never-ending cycle isn't it so yeah absolutely I think it's ridiculous

00:19that you have a weight limit for a checked bag yeah I could just put a load of bricks in my

00:24carry-on and no one weighs it so I find it hard to believe how they're tracking the actual weights

00:29of the baggage in the in the airlines size is required for my travel on to see if I'm able to

00:35understand the follow that that rule as it as it applies to me so I don't really think that you

00:44know I feel like this is all part of the safety and precaution that the airports are protocols that

00:49they need to follow and I assume that they just spend their responsibility so no no I don't feel

00:53like they should allow me pack on excess luggage except I'm willing to pay for them extra

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