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They should have enforced a carryon limit from the beginning... Flights in Europe and Asia have always enforced a 1 carryon limit. More if you're flying Business or First class... Sometimes I really wonder why people would not check in their 4 pieces of carryon luggage. They take forever to move down the aisles, and they have to move it all the way back up to be checked in anwyays when they can't find space to put them... [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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They should have enforced a carryon limit from the beginning... Flights in Europe and Asia have always enforced a 1 carryon limit. More if you're flying Business or First class... Sometimes I really wonder why people would not check in their 4 pieces of carryon luggage. They take forever to move down the aisles, and they have to move it all the way back up to be checked in anwyays when they can't find space to put them... [img]/forums/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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I'm a Continental Elite and was flying in F to LAX and BusinessFirst to HNL. I'm certainly not a "bin hog" in general, but given the circumstances and probability that my bags would make the connection, I felt perfectly fine carrying on my three bags. I got a "look" from a pax after the GA made an announcement that there was a one carry-on per person limit on the first flight, but that same GA was happy to let me board with my luggage. When flying IAH-LHR-(limo)-LGW-DOH, it's known (from experience) that if bags are lost (which is about 50/50 on that route), it takes at least 48 hours to recover your bags. At US$15k/passenger for F, BA never complains about the number of huge suitcases that are brought onboard. The risk of a western businessman having to wear middle-eastern clothes for a couple days is probably worth a few looks from other passengers. I agree that it's often abused for no reason. However, it's hard to tell what circumstances travellers are facing and sometimes, you just have to do it. Daniel _________________ Daniel A. Baker -- dbaker@ityt.com -- web page | |
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I'm a Continental Elite and was flying in F to LAX and BusinessFirst to HNL. I'm certainly not a "bin hog" in general, but given the circumstances and probability that my bags would make the connection, I felt perfectly fine carrying on my three bags. I got a "look" from a pax after the GA made an announcement that there was a one carry-on per person limit on the first flight, but that same GA was happy to let me board with my luggage. When flying IAH-LHR-(limo)-LGW-DOH, it's known (from experience) that if bags are lost (which is about 50/50 on that route), it takes at least 48 hours to recover your bags. At US$15k/passenger for F, BA never complains about the number of huge suitcases that are brought onboard. The risk of a western businessman having to wear middle-eastern clothes for a couple days is probably worth a few looks from other passengers. I agree that it's often abused for no reason. However, it's hard to tell what circumstances travellers are facing and sometimes, you just have to do it. Daniel _________________ Daniel A. Baker -- dbaker@ityt.com -- web page | |
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I'm sure like most flyers I'd much prefer to check my luggage if I had more confidence that it wouldn't be lost or abused while it was in the hands of the airline and its "tossers". Frankly, I think that 1+1 carryon limit is a reasonable limit, especially for shorter, non-transcon flights. Carryon is really only practical on a 737 because not everyone does. There's nowhere near enough room for everyone to have a full-size carryon. If the airlines want to minimize the objections to this policy, they should re-think their handling processes and lost luggage compensation/recovery policies. |
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I'm sure like most flyers I'd much prefer to check my luggage if I had more confidence that it wouldn't be lost or abused while it was in the hands of the airline and its "tossers". Frankly, I think that 1+1 carryon limit is a reasonable limit, especially for shorter, non-transcon flights. Carryon is really only practical on a 737 because not everyone does. There's nowhere near enough room for everyone to have a full-size carryon. If the airlines want to minimize the objections to this policy, they should re-think their handling processes and lost luggage compensation/recovery policies. |
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