Hi everyone, I have been enjoying all the posts on this forum for a long time. I fly LAX-EWR-LAX 10+ times a year. I have enjoyed being a CO elite because it allows me to board the plane before most passengers. I am 6'6 and need all the space in economy. Recently I had a situation in which I would like to have some input. On my last EWR-LAX trip, I placed my laptop bag in the overhead bin. As I watched the passengers board the plane, there was a particular single passenger that had a very large backpack and an even larger suitcase. I was really surprised that they let him board with all that luggage. Anyways he was having trouble finding a place for all his stuff. A flight attendant tried to find space around his seat area which was 3 rows in front of me. As she made it backwards, she open the overhead bin above my row, rotated a suitcase, and took out my laptop bag. She asked whose bag this belong. I raised my hand and she said you need to place this bag under your seat. Now my knees are already touching the the tray table so the space under the seat is very valuable to me. Would it have been OK to decline? I did not want to make a scene but it is a long flight.