<p>Weight limits seem weird. Seems like one of those things some jackass would circumvent the spirit of the rule by packing a giant bag full of feathers. </p>
<p>Uh…weight is weight. you put the bag on a scale. Take all the feathers you want—you just don’t get to take many rocks.</p>
<p>It’s good if the plane stays in the air.</p>
<p>FAA regulations for carryons:</p>
<p>“The maximum size carry-on bag for most airlines is 45 linear inches (the total of the height, width, and depth of the bag). Anything larger should be checked”</p>
<p>22 x 14 x 9</p>
<p>Glad everything worked out for you Great Lakes Mom - sounds like another fantastic trip to Asia for you! </p>
<p>I guess we all know that there’s no more need for advice, but it’s fun to vent about airlines!</p>
<p>I just bought a set of luggage for my son Wednesday from Costco. My daughter has been raving about this set from them for a few years: <a href=“http://www.costco.com/Ricardo-Beverly-Hills-Blue-2-Piece-Polypropylene-Spinner-Set-.product.100115420.html”>http://www.costco.com/Ricardo-Beverly-Hills-Blue-2-Piece-Polypropylene-Spinner-Set-.product.100115420.html</a> she’s used the carry-on for numerous trips, but now seeing the dimensions, it doesn’t appear to be small enough by a tiny bit! The stated dimensions from their site says,
I got it because our son will be traveling quite a bit with a new job. Arrgh. It has a ten year warranty from Costco, and it was an excellent price. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about the less than 1/4 inch fitting.</p>
<p>I have been stopped in an airport and asked to fit my carryon bag into one of those boxes. The problem with those Costco spinners is that they are hard-sided – you can’t remove items to make them fit. If a rep just eyes it, I’m sure that bag is fine, but if anyone asks you to stick it into that box, it probably won’t fit – all the dimensions are off. The whole point of this thread is asking whether the airlines have gotten stricter, and the answer from some of us is “yes.” I travel a lot, my husband travels even more than me, and I’d never get a carryon bag with dimensions larger than specified by the airlines. </p>
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That’s my concern too but I let my traveling daughter’s first hand experience by-pass my own thoughts. I think I almost bought the carry-on for this set last year when we were getting ready to travel to Europe and taking smaller planes between the UK and the Republic of Ireland, but decided not to because of the dimensions. My daughter, however HAS taken this carry-on to Asia and all over the US. It irks me that luggage manufacturers don’t uniformly make luggage to fit the airline regulations. </p>
<p>Not all bins are standard. Like I said some of the older, larger aircraft have roomier bins. My problem has always been the smaller plane that I need to make connections. My main beef is that the luggage manufacturers aren’t upfront about the actual exterior dimensions of their bags.<br>
Another beef of mine is that the leg room has disappeared to non-existent as they’ve added more rows to some planes. I had to pass my personal tote (not big at all) from the aisle to get it underneath the seat where I was seated. I couldn’t fit it down between the seats to even store it (where it did fit after a bit of cramming). No, it was not over packed. Not that it mattered–I couldn’t get into it anyways–no room to even bend over and reach for it and couldn’t bring it up to my lap if I had needed it.
Just fly Jet Blue who checks a bag and is done with it. And you can move on their planes without feeling like a sardine. Wish they flew everywhere I needed to go.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that JetBlue is ending their free checked bag policy and is also adding more rows to planes sometime in 2015. </p>
<p>gouf, this has nothing to do with the bins on the airplane. This has to do with the “will your bag fit into here” boxes that are outside the gates, that are sized 22x14x9. I’m not sure how that 15.1 inch tall hard-sided suitcase would fit into that – even though it very well might fit into the above-seat bin. </p>
<p>You may be right. All my bags are soft side and have just enough give to “give” when needed.
and as to Jet Blue–there goes my favorite airline. Darn.</p>
<p>The strictness is a function of how pax are dressed. I’ve observed that airlines are more lenient to “obviously” dressed business people.</p>
<p>It’s also a function of the sizee of the plane (& it’s overhead storage) and your frequent flyer status. Generally, airlines try not to irritate their 100,000 mile/year fllyers. S tends to be treated like royalty. He dresses lik he’s on business and flies a ton, with all cary-ons that fit in the sizers.</p>