Originally Posted by
shawbridge
On what flights does this happen? I have been flying transatlantic CW or F every month and get no tags. I always take a rolling carry-on and a small laptop bag.
Is it on onward flights from LHR to Europe or elsewhere or just to domestic flights within the UK? Do they apply the same restrictions to CE as to WT (I assume these are on planes without WTP). Or do they also do this on transatlantic flights?
In theory the second piece of carry-on should always get a yellow tag to go under the seat, regardless of route and cabin, and up to CC to know what should and should not go up.
However, as you have witnessed, operational execution of policy is sketchy to say the least. Like you, I have never been tagged in CW/F, though others report they have been on some flights. My second piece is tagged on maybe max 50% of the CE/ET flights I've taken over the last several months.
It's a bigger (and more emotive) issue on SH flights, where many more people are travelling HBO and therefore overhead space gets filled more quickly.