Originally Posted by
Wong Jnr
When did this actually change from being "one handbag or laptop bag" to the crazy dimensions we see now? I never realsied there was a change until mentioned in here. I just thought more and more people were just taking the pi$$
Was there a noticeable increase when the guidelines* changed?
* - I've been generous here using the word guideline rather than policy as BA appear to not be the best at applying baggage rules 
Yes.
The size was to stop the excesive ones by giving an actual size but it has effectively had the opposite effect and now almost everyone brings on as big a second bag as they can!