Hm, I am curious to know what EZM has to say. We know they are still operating or that bag wouldn't be in the Brookstone stores.
I actually keep my boarding pass in my passport in my interior jacket pocket. I try to keep this kind of stuff as close as possible to my body. In principle, I'd have to keep it in my trouser pockets but often they are not big enough.
I have not yet used the little orange pocket on my two BR bags but I sure like the idea.
On the Tumi, there are several places where you can keep it. One is the pocket you mention. By the way, that pocket contains a little pouch that is fixed with an elastic spiral cord (like the one on phone receivers) and a carbabiner. It is quite a big pocket actually. It also has a super save flat zippered pocket inside of it; kind of a secret compartment.
The 26141 has two outside slip pockets; three if you count the handle sleeve pocket that can be closed on top and bottom. These pockets are great to quickly throw something in there and totally forget that it's there. Like I did with my house, car, safe keys once.
Very bad situation. The front pocket has a little elastic pocket that is probably there for a cell phone. The rear pocket has a long gusseted, velcroed pocket that has the ideal shape for the standard long boarding passes. This pocket also looks like it's made from a water resistant material so it might be the umbrella pocket.
You see, there are so many pockets and compartments on that thing that you really have to come up with a system of your own lest you totally lose yourself in the bag.
That's why passport, wallet, tickets and back-up USB drive stay on my body. I do use the key hook in the bag sometimes. It's in that big compartment mentioned above. But, for security reasons it is not such a good idea, either. The stuff in my bag allows one to find out my home address easily. Then they get the home address and the keys. Not good.
However, I found that compartment is also big enough for both my in-flight bag and my 311 bag. So that's what it gets used for mostly. It also fits my Canon G9 very well.
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