tfar and Dianne

Whew!! Y'all are blowing me away here.

Dianne, I need the small bag to make sure the gate keepers at Heathrow don't make me check my bag. It has happened twice now with my TravelPro 21inch.

I like the TLS line as well. I am trying out the wheeled laptop bag right now. I like it. I can get an overnight trip with workout shoes in it and two laptops. Now, it does have to in the overhead.
Anyways...

So, I talked to a chat rep at ebags and he said that the Mother Lode TLS Mini 21" would pass the international sizing standards. I do not know if it would or not...If it does, that would solve all of my issues. After getting burned twice at Heathrow, I'm a bit gun shy...

I guess I just need to get it ordered and sent to my house and check it out. According to the sizing chart at ba.com, 22" height is their max. But, the sizers in Heathrow are like 5" high (I might be exagerrating a bit).

If that 21" TLS works, I will put my backpack on top of it that is currently holding my two laptops, and not have any issues.

What do y'all think? It certainly is safer to go with a 20". But, what's one more inch? right?