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From: Roland Perry on 26 Feb 2010 04:23
In message <egKhn.19393$1Y2.18948(a)newsfe03.ams2>, at 06:56:12 on Fri, 26
Feb 2010, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked:
>> The only safe policy is to have hand luggage that fits (all the various
>> bits and bobs) into a single allowable footprint, and there will
>>almost always be room for that in the overheads.
>
> This carry on rules are rather annoying. At least a third of
>passengers have carry-on clearly bigger than the allowance.

Whether they get away with that or not depends on the gate staff.

My flight out of the UK last Sunday was being checked meticulously (by
BMIbaby) both for the size of carry-on but they were also sending people
to the back of the queue to pack (eg ladies handbags) into the "one
carryon". On earlier trips there have been many incidents with people
with bags too big to fit the "frames" - which BMIbaby usually ask people
to test at check-in as well as at the gate.

>With the changes of rules I do not have luggage that properly matches
>allowed sizes and buying new to meet rules which
> may or may not be enforced jars a bit.

I'm not sure why you call the rules "new". The only significant
departure from IATA size is the 'thickness' which most low cost airlines
have reduced to 20cm for as long as I can remember.

I must admit to being surprised, however, at the number of airside shops
that sell bags which are clearly larger than the airlines would allow!
The next one I buy will be the full 40cm width though, as my current one
is a bit smaller than that.
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From: Neil Williams on 28 Feb 2010 13:17
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:11:01 -0000, "Buddenbrooks"
<knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> wrote:

> There is really nothing one can do once they have allowed the passenger to
>board with oversize. Not following aircrew instructions can have you denied
>travel. Monarch Airways operated the return
>trip on behalf of Easy Jet and they insisted on putting the luggage that
>could not be put in the overhead lockers in the hold.

easyJet crews frequently do this, particularly on the old 737s which
have smaller luggage bins than the Airbus aircraft. Surprised the
crew you had didn't.

Neil

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From: Neil Williams on 28 Feb 2010 13:19
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:23:25 +0000, Roland Perry <roland(a)perry.co.uk>
wrote:

>I'm not sure why you call the rules "new". The only significant
>departure from IATA size is the 'thickness' which most low cost airlines
>have reduced to 20cm for as long as I can remember.

easyJet's policy is now IATA size, 56x45x25, and has been for a few
months, though in practice they (unlike Ryanair) rarely checked at
most airports so people were getting away with it anyway.

A bag of that size looks surprisingly large.

Neil

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