you should also get 2 check-in bags per adult, if your company's travel-desk is making the arrangements. Tue/Wed are generally cheaper, unless it's a holiday. i make sure that i travel during weekdays only, so that i can avail my weekend off. otherwise, desi software companies are notorious for making people travel on Sundays, so as to maximize the billing hours at the expense of employees' comfort.
You are right here about making one travel on weekend and expecting to join office right on the Monday in a totally new country you know nothing about. But now there are some new US rules wherein one cannot start working unless the I9 form is complete and signed in front of some guy. This has to be done ASAP after one lands. But usually people don't get appointment on the next day or so and may be get an appointment for after 1-2 days. So employee cannot go to office at all for those initial 1-2 days.
About traveling with Infant, I want that my baby also has at least 23 Kg allowance even if he is a lap baby because like my previous travel where we loaded the carry on and the laptop bag with lot of stuff (apart from the 23x2 checkins), we cannot do it this time. We want to have minimum luggage in our hands as we have to take care of the baby and his stuff will be more (baby food and some toys etc) than ours. So the 5th 23 Kg bag will help a lot.
I have no idea how to get some assistance or escort at US airport who could help us take our luggage from the belt to the domestic check in counter (using some sort of big trolley). Because even with baby, we will need to lug 5 Big bags inside the airport from the belt to next checkin, if we can get help here (I am ok to tip the guy) it would be great. I was told that there are such people on airport and they are uniformed.[DOUBLEPOST=1424935829][/DOUBLEPOST]
^i know that, but usually baggage allowance is same for adult and child, but not true for infant. He mentioned, for infant also its 2*23.
Yes, for child it may be 23x2 but not for infant. But airlines like British, Delta, Etihad allow single piece 23 Kg for the infant as well.