Airline passenger has checked bag rejected for surprising reason

Daily Mail​

06-06-2025

An airplane passenger has shared the unusual reason their bag was unable to be checked in at the airport.
On a Reddit thread, the traveller revealed that while boarding a flight in the US they encountered a rarely heard of scenario.
The tourist was told that the bag they wanted to check into the hold was simply 'too light' to check in.
Posting in the 'r/delta' Reddit forum, the flight passenger entitled the post: 'My checked bag was rejected for being underweight'.
He then went on to explain that the holdall, a spare duffel bag that he used to accommodate souvenirs, was deemed not heavy enough to warrant going in the hold.
The flyer explained what ensued, saying: 'Imagine my surprise when the agent said I couldn't check my fluffy bag because it didn't weigh enough. Is this the bizarro luggage counter?'
The post continued with the passenger explaining that he was advised to take the bag on to the plane as a 'third carry-on' - but he admitted he was reluctant to do that in case the bag was refused at the gate.
The solution? He decided to bulk up the bag with weightier items so it would eventually go in the hold.
Others on the Reddit thread explained their theories on why it might have been turned down at check-in.
One wrote: 'Might have been too lightweight and flexible to make it through the sorting machines and various belts to get from the bag check conveyor to the plane.'
Another speculated that a too-light bag 'could easily be blown from the belt or from the cart.'
And plenty agreed that the passenger had made the right move by not trying to board with three carry-on bags: 'Gate agents lately are super strict. Trying to get three obvious bags past them would most likely not work.'
At one US airport last week, an unusual 'package' raised eyebrows after a child managed to ride the airport carousel.
A two-year-old took a trip on top of Newark Liberty International Airport's baggage conveyer belt after slipping behind a ticketing counter without his parents noticing.
The tot then climbed onto the ankle-high conveyer belt where passengers leave their luggage before boarding their flights.
The incident occurred inside Terminal A on Wednesday, May 28th, as the child's mother was attempting to re-book a flight on Jet-Blue Airlines.
The toddler rode the conveyor belt down to the checked baggage room on the lower level of the airport.
Port Authority officers responded to the incident and located the child. Port Authority Police PBA President Frank Conti told Pix11 that the responding officers jumped on the conveyor belt to track down the toddler.
'The two cops were able to move fast into the system,' he told the outlet. Which was vital.'
'There was a split in the belts,' he explained. 'One officer went toward one direction, one toward the other direction.'