😂😂 How else can I share the knowledge with my homies? Also I doubt airline staff are watching my videos, unless they're kiters, in which case they're probably cool 🤘
@@gethighwithmike the Kiters in the airline industry are most probably flying staff (I know, I’m one of them, and my gf is too). The assholes that decide luggage related matters aren’t. The luggage nazis at the check-in counter aren’t usually employed by the airline, they tend to be airport staff. Most of these ground crew are corroded by envy because you travel and they are too poorly paid to afford it…
I have a bonus tip: Come to Brazil with as much stuff as you can carry, sell everything until the end of the trip and go back to your country lightweight :) You'll probably make a good cash, to renew all your quiver for the next season in your country, while helping some brazilian folks to buy equipment for a more fair price than here ;)
Assuming the wheelie bag is your overhead item, then your backpack is your personal item which is supposed to fit under the seat in front of you. That might work on your Qatar business upgrade, but not back in coach. Loved the trick about stuffing the oversized bag between weighing and drop-off 😜
Hey Jake! I travel loads and yes, my backpack is my personal item. I very rarely have any issues flying coach with my backpack and my carry on being heavy as can be 😂 The trick is to hide them from view or make them appear light so that they don't ask you to weigh them. Nyeowww!
Excellent video Mike, thanks. As a 64Kg lean adult kitesurfer I had never considered that 100Kg person is taking an extra 36Kg on board for free and the general public on average weigh a fair bit more than 64kg. Total weight (person + luggage) is, in the end, what matters. :)
This video made me laugh a lot I have been doing kite vacations several times a year for almost 20 years I have used most of these tricks so many times 😂 we are a crafty bunch 😂
Thanks for the tips ! Could you do, if you want, a tutorial on body management during jumps : how to keep control during unwanted rotations, how to perform later rotations just before landing and still stay balanced like you and Janek (when I try to do late rotations I feel like I no longer controlling my kite and it often ends in a big crash ahah) Do you have any tips or exercises to work on this? Thanks in advance and keep it up man, your advice are precious ! :)
TAP another tip the italian tactic - discuss with the check-in stuff about their policies until they give up and let you pass - worked out several times :-)
Bro, Qatar is about to demote you to freight class after seeing this! Sick tips though... I def have been suffering the extra baggage fees. Can’t wait to tip them scales in my pocketbooks’ favor
Have had to wear harness on the plane due to sleezyjet's policy that didn't specify that I couldn't check in two bags for my weight allowance and had to put one bag in another but couldn't fit a few items like harness etc.
I always read the luggage policy when travelling with a lot of gear. In many cases the person at the check-in doesn't know them that well or sometimes doesn't care.
Great video 🤙🏾 i am travelling to El Gouna Egypt in September and I've booked flight with Pegasus that allows 20 kg luggage + personal bag or case size specified (not weight). For the 20 kg bag doesn't have golf bag or sporting equipment specific and does not have size restrictions. Am i going to be ok at the check-in? Or will i have trouble getting through with my golf bag?
Bahahahahaha! Pretty much any non-American airlines and you win! don't you know? Flew United Air first class and because their scale was off by 3 pounds they made me go back and re-tag my 53 lbs bag... First class allows up to 70 lbs. So it wasn't like they charged me extra, they just made me go back and re-tag it. I'm guessing they were CRT-ing me cuz I mentioned that their scale was off. Cuz they also made me carry that bag to the over-sized bag check in.
Yeah. Nice Tricks, but as a Airline pilot I can’t approve all of this sneaky tricks. I personally hate to pay for my kite gear, but we have a lot of trim critical and in general weight critical flights. It’s kind of dangerous if all passengers do these tricks and cheat about the weight of their carry on… sometimes not even one (!) passenger is allowed to change his seat because of instability … assume everyone puts 20 Kg in their 2 bagpacks etc etc… but yeah , you can cheat ofc - but try to keep it a little limited please. It’s not always a thing of money, sometimes it’s about safety
So you’re telling me that the airlines depend on the weight of the bags at the counter, not by weighing them as they load them, or looking at load-cells on the landing gear? Yet they don’t worry about the possibly wildly different weight of one human being to another. That is an incredibly unempirical way to manage the safety of a flight, and I don’t buy that airlines would take that risk.
@@benkitesurfs It adds up a lot. Basically yes, I am telling you that. And of course we use standardised weights for passengers and carry-on. All of the containers loaded in the cargo compartment are weighted after checking in. So yes, if you cheat with your checkedin bags thats "ok". Everything in life is an itteration and calculated with margin for error and with statistics in mind. It is just something to think about when taking two fully packed bags with more than double the weight for which it is calculated in the cabin. Switching seats and moving around in the cabin to another seat. Everything has limits and yes, all of it is calculated with maximum profit these days, so the margin is smaller. Our Flight Augmentation Computer calculates weight according to a lot of internal aircraft parameters and it is not unusual to have more than 2-3 tonnes difference to our official loading table. Sometimes you are not allowed to load one additional bag because of the calculated weight and trim. Looking at our internal weight calculation of plus 2000kg is irrelevant for the judge unfortunately, but for us flying it is something to consider.... On my airline it is only allowed to have one carry-on with 8kg, i would assume only 30% of the average passengers really has one bag and is below that weight, but yeah, i cant prove it and so we will use the official, juristical justified, documents that we know is based on mostly assumed weights and are not allowed to load one additional bag or change the seating of one pax.
Weight and balance is calculated on nominal weight for pax and their luggage. I cannot image Mike’s tricks make any appreciable difference to the trim of an ac
The justification at the end redeemed this in my mind - which is - most kiteboarders and surfers weigh less than your typical passenger. Re: passenger weight - based on the number of seats and how crammed together, if the plane is full, the weight of passengers gets evened out over the space. When it comes to luggage - I've been on flights that are full and had carry-on luggage get weighed and some sent to cargo.
The best way to keep a secret, is definitely to make a RUclips video and talk about it 😂
yeah lol
😂😂 How else can I share the knowledge with my homies? Also I doubt airline staff are watching my videos, unless they're kiters, in which case they're probably cool 🤘
@@gethighwithmike I already see posters on the airports with "High Mike wantead dead or alive" 😂
@@gethighwithmike the Kiters in the airline industry are most probably flying staff (I know, I’m one of them, and my gf is too). The assholes that decide luggage related matters aren’t. The luggage nazis at the check-in counter aren’t usually employed by the airline, they tend to be airport staff. Most of these ground crew are corroded by envy because you travel and they are too poorly paid to afford it…
I have a bonus tip:
Come to Brazil with as much stuff as you can carry, sell everything until the end of the trip and go back to your country lightweight :)
You'll probably make a good cash, to renew all your quiver for the next season in your country, while helping some brazilian folks to buy equipment for a more fair price than here ;)
Assuming the wheelie bag is your overhead item, then your backpack is your personal item which is supposed to fit under the seat in front of you. That might work on your Qatar business upgrade, but not back in coach.
Loved the trick about stuffing the oversized bag between weighing and drop-off 😜
Hey Jake! I travel loads and yes, my backpack is my personal item. I very rarely have any issues flying coach with my backpack and my carry on being heavy as can be 😂
The trick is to hide them from view or make them appear light so that they don't ask you to weigh them.
Nyeowww!
Excellent video Mike, thanks. As a 64Kg lean adult kitesurfer I had never considered that 100Kg person is taking an extra 36Kg on board for free and the general public on average weigh a fair bit more than 64kg. Total weight (person + luggage) is, in the end, what matters. :)
Thanks! I'm stoked you found it valuable!
Awesome! Looking forward to the next episode!
Merci Remy!
This video made me laugh a lot I have been doing kite vacations several times a year for almost 20 years I have used most of these tricks so many times 😂 we are a crafty bunch 😂
You can wear your foot pads as sandals
man Im an airline pilot ñ, travelling like crazy and the: using the not scaled part of the belt is new to m and awesome :)
Mike!! please make a video on kite sizes you ride in different wind ranges .!
Foot under a bag lifting it up is my usual one 😂
Thanks for the tips !
Could you do, if you want, a tutorial on body management during jumps : how to keep control during unwanted rotations, how to perform later rotations just before landing and still stay balanced like you and Janek (when I try to do late rotations I feel like I no longer controlling my kite and it often ends in a big crash ahah)
Do you have any tips or exercises to work on this?
Thanks in advance and keep it up man, your advice are precious ! :)
Love this!! Thank you
TAP another tip the italian tactic - discuss with the check-in stuff about their policies until they give up and let you pass - worked out several times :-)
hahaha give that man a Bells!
Bro, Qatar is about to demote you to freight class after seeing this!
Sick tips though... I def have been suffering the extra baggage fees. Can’t wait to tip them scales in my pocketbooks’ favor
Haha hopefully they don't subscribe to my channel 😝
Have had to wear harness on the plane due to sleezyjet's policy that didn't specify that I couldn't check in two bags for my weight allowance and had to put one bag in another but couldn't fit a few items like harness etc.
sticking to one airline works well.
Love this video
I always read the luggage policy when travelling with a lot of gear. In many cases the person at the check-in doesn't know them that well or sometimes doesn't care.
Airplain full of kiteborders!
Pilot: V1, Rotate. We can't takeoff we have overweight!
Great video 🤙🏾 i am travelling to El Gouna Egypt in September and I've booked flight with Pegasus that allows 20 kg luggage + personal bag or case size specified (not weight). For the 20 kg bag doesn't have golf bag or sporting equipment specific and does not have size restrictions. Am i going to be ok at the check-in? Or will i have trouble getting through with my golf bag?
What about filling the rest of the bag with a lot of Helium gas ?? 👀😂😂
😂😂 Genius
Technically, gases are strictly regulated. Would you travel with a cabin full of chipmunks?
Bahahahahaha! Pretty much any non-American airlines and you win! don't you know?
Flew United Air first class and because their scale was off by 3 pounds they made me go back and re-tag my 53 lbs bag... First class allows up to 70 lbs. So it wasn't like they charged me extra, they just made me go back and re-tag it. I'm guessing they were CRT-ing me cuz I mentioned that their scale was off. Cuz they also made me carry that bag to the over-sized bag check in.
This man has been too much to Brazil hahah
😂😂😂
Hi buddy, may I ask you to remove this video asap? Because of your tutorials the airports will fuck up all of us big time... Seriously!
here is my tip:
wear the wetsuit and belt on your body
Yeah. Nice Tricks, but as a Airline pilot I can’t approve all of this sneaky tricks. I personally hate to pay for my kite gear, but we have a lot of trim critical and in general weight critical flights. It’s kind of dangerous if all passengers do these tricks and cheat about the weight of their carry on… sometimes not even one (!) passenger is allowed to change his seat because of instability … assume everyone puts 20 Kg in their 2 bagpacks etc etc… but yeah , you can cheat ofc - but try to keep it a little limited please. It’s not always a thing of money, sometimes it’s about safety
Weight critical my ass... Just trim down on all that freight you’re carrying.
So you’re telling me that the airlines depend on the weight of the bags at the counter, not by weighing them as they load them, or looking at load-cells on the landing gear? Yet they don’t worry about the possibly wildly different weight of one human being to another.
That is an incredibly unempirical way to manage the safety of a flight, and I don’t buy that airlines would take that risk.
@@benkitesurfs It adds up a lot. Basically yes, I am telling you that. And of course we use standardised weights for passengers and carry-on. All of the containers loaded in the cargo compartment are weighted after checking in. So yes, if you cheat with your checkedin bags thats "ok".
Everything in life is an itteration and calculated with margin for error and with statistics in mind. It is just something to think about when taking two fully packed bags with more than double the weight for which it is calculated in the cabin. Switching seats and moving around in the cabin to another seat. Everything has limits and yes, all of it is calculated with maximum profit these days, so the margin is smaller. Our Flight Augmentation Computer calculates weight according to a lot of internal aircraft parameters and it is not unusual to have more than 2-3 tonnes difference to our official loading table. Sometimes you are not allowed to load one additional bag because of the calculated weight and trim. Looking at our internal weight calculation of plus 2000kg is irrelevant for the judge unfortunately, but for us flying it is something to consider....
On my airline it is only allowed to have one carry-on with 8kg, i would assume only 30% of the average passengers really has one bag and is below that weight, but yeah, i cant prove it and so we will use the official, juristical justified, documents that we know is based on mostly assumed weights and are not allowed to load one additional bag or change the seating of one pax.
Weight and balance is calculated on nominal weight for pax and their luggage. I cannot image Mike’s tricks make any appreciable difference to the trim of an ac
The justification at the end redeemed this in my mind - which is - most kiteboarders and surfers weigh less than your typical passenger. Re: passenger weight - based on the number of seats and how crammed together, if the plane is full, the weight of passengers gets evened out over the space. When it comes to luggage - I've been on flights that are full and had carry-on luggage get weighed and some sent to cargo.
Mike... seriously... delete this video.
If this gets out, we are all fucked 😅