Originally Posted by
Adstring
It's also a tad cheeky changing the hand luggage restrictions after I had bought my ticket...
A pre-flight reminder of the new rules that I received has this footnote:
*If you booked your ticket before 18 August and your hand baggage is within the dimensions stated at the time of purchase please let our staff at check-in know and we will honour this.
As people have pointed out this may lead to a certain amount of chaos for a while! In any case, you can always be required to check the larger piece for space reasons.