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Old Jul 1, 2011 | 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by mccun934
* if you need help getting your bag in the overhead bin just ask someone around you who looks like they wouldn't have a problem lifting it. 99% of the other travellers around you will happily help you load it into the overhead.
This is the only one I disagree with. I'm relatively tall for a woman (5'10") and look healthy and strong. I get asked all the time to help with people's bags. I'm not there to work for you. I make darn sure to only travel with luggage that I can lift by myself without asking for help. If you can't life the bag into the overhead, check it.

Now, the only exception is if you are a row or two ahead of me and when we land you bag is near my row. I will happily hand your bag up to you so you don't have to either swim against the tide or wait until the plane is empty to get your bag and I appreciate when others do the same. But that's because I was able to lift it myself originally
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