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Old Nov 14, 2014 | 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by spcran4d
I have simply become unwilling to play this "luggage space in the overhead" game any more. Every time I fly, I check my "clothes" bag and put my laptop roller above.

Occasionally someone (who almost invariably has two carry-on bags and sometimes is trying to find space for both!) will "challenge" me with "Is this your bag? It belongs under your seat!", to which I respond "I'm sorry, it's my only carry-on and I want the space for my feet".

Maybe I'm the DYKWIA. Too bad.
The plane was a CRJ900, which has very limited overhead space, and certainly not enough for a bag that size. That was my original point, in that the bag should have either been checked, or put under her own seat, not someone else's. That's just rude.
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