Other Middle East and Africa Frequent Flyer Programs - GF Hand Luggage ex-LHR?

Hi All,
GF website states..The bag must not exceed the following dimensions: 45 x 35 x 16 cms....does anybody have any recent experience as to how strictly they are applying these meagre size limits ex-LHR??
Thanks.

Basically I'd follow BAA's guidelines' as it's their restrictions that matter when flying out of LHR:

http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=fb9da11b4763d010VgnVCM10000036 821c0a____&ChID=b0eba11b4763d010VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&Ct=B2C_CT_GENERAL&CtID=448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ch=Security+control&ChPath=Home%5ELHR%5EAirport+Information%5ESecurity +control&ChIDPath=caf397dc2eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^ bde597dc2eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^473797dc2 eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^b0eba11b4763d010Vg nVCM10000036821c0a____


Passengers are allowed to carry ONE item of hand baggage, no larger than:

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56 centimetres tall (approximately 22 inches)
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45 centimetres wide (approximately 17.7 inches)
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25 centimetres deep (approximately 10 inches)


And yes, they are strict on it.

See this interesting THREAD on why you should comply to these standards.

Basically I'd follow BAA's guidelines' as it's their restrictions that matter when flying out of LHR:

http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=fb9da11b4763d010VgnVCM10000036 821c0a____&ChID=b0eba11b4763d010VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&Ct=B2C_CT_GENERAL&CtID=448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ch=Security+control&ChPath=Home%5ELHR%5EAirport+Information%5ESecurity +control&ChIDPath=caf397dc2eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^ bde597dc2eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^473797dc2 eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____^b0eba11b4763d010Vg nVCM10000036821c0a____



And yes, they are strict on it.

See this interesting THREAD on why you should comply to these standards.

Thanks for this. Yes, I am aware of the BAA policy and their intent on enforcing this. GF standards are for smaller sized bags - that was my main concern - as my wheelie bag is to BAA standards but not GFs! Have decided to go for my smallest carry-on now, inconvenient though that may be, as this will meet the silly GF standard :rolleyes: And yes, I have read that thread - scary - though I already knew that most BAA security staff feel the way that goon does - so absolutely no surprise to me ;) , sadly....