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I am taking BART to the airport this Saturday, where I fly with Air France to Paris, at 16:00, thus I will have to pass immigration.

I was thinking to weigh my luggage before going to counters, but now I am a bit confused, since I have almost no memory of how the SF airport looks like.

Is there a way to combine a comfortable in terms of time pass from immigration and weigh my luggage on the scales? I mean what should be the plan I should follow? I guess it depends on the locations of the immigration check and scales.

Ideally I would like to first pass the immigration check and then weigh my luggage, since the first is critical, while the second is not, and as a fallback plan, it can be skipped.

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Since you're flying from USA to France, there is no immigration on your way out, and you will not need to pass it. Thus it can't be part of your plan.

There are scales at the check-in area where you can weight your luggage.

The layout of international terminal is typical: check-in desk, security, and gates. Air France flies from A gates. The international terminal is very small, walk to the furthest gate is probably ten minute max. A security line, however, could be long - on rare occasions took me more than an hour, although 20 minute wait is more typical.

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I assume it is the same procedure in most airport, as I never been to SF.

Check your luggage weight at home before leaving for the airport (23 kilo max). it is annoying to have to throw stuff away or pay extra for over-weight luggage once at the airport (and not have someone with you to take back all extra stuff with them).

Once at the airport, go to the Air France check-in counter; they will also check/validate the weight of the luggage, and take them back to be put on the plane.

One that is done, you go thru security and go to your boarding gate and wait for your plane.

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