Aer lingus baggage terms, wording

Question

Was wondering if anyone has recently flown aer lingus from the US to the UK. Some of the wording I'm not clear on.

"A maximum of 2 Bags per passenger. A maximum of 36kgs (80lbs) in total weight between two bags when weighed together."

"For Aer Lingus journeys between North America and UK/Europe, the baggage allowance for North America flights will apply to the entire journey within two weeks of initial departure date."

Does this mean the total weight for one way is only 40lbs if the return flight is within 2 weeks of the departure?

Answer 1

No, you can bring 80lbs.

What that means is if you bought a complex ticket such as:

Paris-Dublin (several days pass) Dublin-Boston

...then as long as the "(several days pass)" is less than 2 weeks, you can bring the 80lbs on your Paris-Dublin flight, instead of the normally-lower limits for flights within Europe.