I've never had my hand baggage weighed with TA - and as Loz says, it seems anything goes. I remember being at the bottom of the steps waiting to board the plane and seeing a girl really struggling with a bag for life sort of thing. Being a gentleman (and she was lovely

) I naturally offered to take the bag up the steps for her.
It was absolutely full of books, I'd estimate around 18-20 kgs, and I was nearly dead when we got to the plane, but of course I hid that
