Originally Posted by
N1120A
If you buy the IATA-sized Rimowa, you will almost certainly not get hassled by LH. As Till said - LH has Rimowa make most of their house branded bags and it would be awful marketing to make people check those. Also, the price of Rimowa bags is likely to mean you are annoying someone who you want repeat business from. The only other way to get away from those ridiculous MEC rules is to go without wheels, which also seems to throw them off.
Yep, but if you go without wheels then you are almost automatically limiting yourself to a weight of 7-9kg simply because more gets really heavy on the arms and shoulders if you have a long way from one terminal to the other. LH limit is 8kg. But business and first he can take two pieces.
So again, better to take the smaller suitcase and then use a good size personal item which may even be quite heavy, which won't matter too much because it can easily ride on the Rimowa. They are great for that.
Till