Taking control of the Overheads
May 25, 2017, 10:56 am
#31
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People still put luggage in overhead bins? lol. I started checking mine years ago. Never have to worry about if my bag will fit. Dont have to lug baggage around the airport. Just a small carry on I can shove under my seat or throw in the overhead if there is room. Couldnt care less about paying the $25 fee. Couldnt care less about waiting an extra 15 minutes for luggage to arrive at baggage claim.
May 25, 2017, 2:54 pm
#32
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People still put luggage in overhead bins? lol. I started checking mine years ago. Never have to worry about if my bag will fit. Dont have to lug baggage around the airport. Just a small carry on I can shove under my seat or throw in the overhead if there is room. Couldnt care less about paying the $25 fee. Couldnt care less about waiting an extra 15 minutes for luggage to arrive at baggage claim.
It can get broken (ripped, wheels damaged, etc.)
It can get soiled (badly, like with vomit - happened to a ski bag of mine once)
It can get broken-into
One loses ability to at an instance change flights (respond to an MX or crew situation)
One likely loses access in a forced overnight at a different airport (e.g. weather related)
One loses mid-flight access to whatever is in it (e.g. change of clothes/shoes)
Welcome with your first post, but I think many FTers wouldn't travel without their 22" (20" maybe like in Europe) carry on.
May 25, 2017, 10:46 pm
#33
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Disagree. More and more people are realising that letting someone else take the strain, and not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late is a much more relaxing way to travel. Laptop bag with a change of underwear, a clean shirt and a few toiletries. Everything else in the hold.
May 26, 2017, 5:12 am
#34
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Disagree. More and more people are realising that letting someone else take the strain, and not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late is a much more relaxing way to travel. Laptop bag with a change of underwear, a clean shirt and a few toiletries. Everything else in the hold.
May 26, 2017, 5:16 am
#35
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Yeah, my wife used to think that, too, until...
1--The airlines lost her bag on 3 different occasions
2--They tore a wheel off one of her bags on another trip
3--And finally, a bag handler stole her favorite skirt out of her bag
Now she never checks her bags
1--The airlines lost her bag on 3 different occasions
2--They tore a wheel off one of her bags on another trip
3--And finally, a bag handler stole her favorite skirt out of her bag
Now she never checks her bags
May 26, 2017, 6:10 am
#36
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I put a strobe in my checked bag once and it arrived broken. I don't know how they managed it, but it happened.
May 26, 2017, 6:40 am
#37
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As for "not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late..." I expect the percentage of flyers who can travel with no regard for reliability, schedule, etc. is rather small, and does not include the business customers who keep the airlines in profit.
May 26, 2017, 10:30 am
#38
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Disagree. More and more people are realising that letting someone else take the strain, and not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late is a much more relaxing way to travel. Laptop bag with a change of underwear, a clean shirt and a few toiletries. Everything else in the hold.
May 26, 2017, 10:34 am
#39
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I don't even do a turn (for example 1hr flight in early AM for day meetings then return same evening) without my roller (spare clothes just in case, maybe change of clothes to jeans/shorts if I need to wear a suit for meetings).
May 29, 2017, 11:20 am
#40
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No, they're not. The only way to "relax" about checked luggage is if there's nothing in the bag you ever need to see again, and you can mentally equate leaving it at the bag drop with pitching it down a rubbish chute. If you get it back, bonus.
As for "not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late..." I expect the percentage of flyers who can travel with no regard for reliability, schedule, etc. is rather small, and does not include the business customers who keep the airlines in profit.
As for "not giving a damn if you or your luggage is late..." I expect the percentage of flyers who can travel with no regard for reliability, schedule, etc. is rather small, and does not include the business customers who keep the airlines in profit.
May 29, 2017, 7:29 pm
#41
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People still put luggage in overhead bins? lol. I started checking mine years ago. Never have to worry about if my bag will fit. Dont have to lug baggage around the airport. Just a small carry on I can shove under my seat or throw in the overhead if there is room. Couldnt care less about paying the $25 fee. Couldnt care less about waiting an extra 15 minutes for luggage to arrive at baggage claim.
May 29, 2017, 10:59 pm
#42
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Thus my use of words like "I think" and "many" (not "most"). But I think you're wrong, I've been saved many times having my roller with me (like when I walk on a plane and see an empty cockpit and know the flight will be delayed for illegal crew and I don't need to go to ORD to connect anyway, I can walk down the terminal and change my routing to through DFW... can't do that with checked luggage.
May 30, 2017, 8:17 am
#43
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
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Not to mention not everything is easily replaceable while on your trip and not every store will have hours that match up with your schedule to replace the missing items (or represents a notable time commitment to make it fit)
May 30, 2017, 10:35 am
#44
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I never check irreplaceable/expensive items (awful idea obviously), but for clothes, who cares.
Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky, but the only time my bags didn't arrive at the carousel was one time I took a US Airways flight and checked in so early, my bags made it on the next flight out while I took the later (ticketed) flight 3 hours later.
The time spent shopping for clothes in the event of delayed baggage over a day is an easy gamble in exchange for not having to lug around a big carry-on hundreds and hundreds of times, in my opinion. Most baggage is not delayed, and of those that are delayed, most of the time it's on the next flight. Very very rarely is it the next day or later (or never).
Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky, but the only time my bags didn't arrive at the carousel was one time I took a US Airways flight and checked in so early, my bags made it on the next flight out while I took the later (ticketed) flight 3 hours later.
The time spent shopping for clothes in the event of delayed baggage over a day is an easy gamble in exchange for not having to lug around a big carry-on hundreds and hundreds of times, in my opinion. Most baggage is not delayed, and of those that are delayed, most of the time it's on the next flight. Very very rarely is it the next day or later (or never).
May 30, 2017, 10:38 am
#45
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