<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richarddd:
What's the largest size (LxWxH) bag that will fit into all overhead bins?
My wife has an Atlantic brand carryon, supposedly meeting all airlines size rules, that has always fit in overhead bins. It would not fit in the bins over the center seats (C-G) of coach on a recent CDG-JFK flight. The bag fit fine in the bins over the windows (HJ).
[This message has been edited by richarddd (edited Jan 01, 2004).]</font>
The biggest bag AA gives their flight attendants is 23" long (including the wheels),10" high (at overstuffed capacity, without unzipping the extra zipper that makes it even higher), and is 14 1/2" wide.
That is the maximum sized bag you can buy to make sure it fits top side on any plane that AA flies. The F-100 is a tight squeeze, but it makes it. Naturally, different planes can fit larger bags. This length is the longest bag that will fit wheels first into the new extended sized bins.
If you unzip that extra zipper to make it larger it will not fit on any of our airplanes, except possibly the middle bins on the Bus, and you will be forced to gate check it. That is, if you can get it through the security check point in the first place.
Hope it helps.
[This message has been edited by AAFA (edited Jan 01, 2004).]