Originally Posted by
HelloItsMe
Really? There's no work-around for something like this? The first thing that comes to my mind is to leave that bin empty and get the plane in the air.
Maybe there is. There is the duct taping it closed and making it inop, I suppose. And then an opposing thread on here complaining that the overhead for them was inop and they had to gate check their bag, and what kind of comp should they get. Can't win either way these days, unfortunately.