Originally Posted by
Boraxo
I never check bags unless traveling with my little ones (and that will cease when the youngest can roll a 22" carryon)
In 7 years of heavy business travel the only airline that always forced me to check my 21" B&R is Qantas (though I've had to dodge the LH and BA goons a couple of times).
I don't need to dodge and hide and I don't have to view people doing their jobs as "goons". There is a certain value to that, IMO.
Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Not checking Probably saved me 48 hours of wasted waiting time as I always have fast track/GE. I have gone on 2 week biz trips this way. The biggest challenge is getting hotel laundry done when you don't have more than 2 nights at the same property!
And this is why I believe it's silly not to check. 48 hours of wasted time sounds like a lot, until you divide it by the number of years and number of flights. So it's more like 200 segments of 15 minutes each. Which become meaningless.
Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Anecdote#1: Jr. Associate checks bag. Upon arrival the senior partner says "let's get a taxi. Jr. says "I need to wait for my bag. Sr says "you did What? You idiot, we have to get to the meeting now. I am leaving you here."
At which point I leave the company and go work at a place where the boss isn't a (can't say it on FT). Check bag or not, that guy is a (CSIOFT).
Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Anecdote#3: My outbound flight is 3 hours delayed, so I will miss connection on the only flight of the day to Lagos. I scramble to catch alternative flight, then dash 20m OJ-style through IAH just in time to board original connection. No way my bag would have made it.
Kind of strange since there are dozens of flights to Lagos every day.
Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Personally I am grateful if you check your bag as it leaves more overhead space when I travel economy cabin. But Don't ask me to check mine.
I won't. But eventually the airlines will. 20" becomes 21" becomes 22" and sooner or later someone cracks down. And when they do, of course, they become ridiculous and cut it down to 8" or something.