Originally Posted by
Perche
The intention is not that the second bag to be a laptop bag only. It sounds like you're making that up, because it doesn't say that anywhere. That's profiling a specific type of traveler. Not everyone travels with a laptop.
The BA hand baggage page is clear that the smaller bag is meant to be a handbag/laptop bag, not a backpack. It is always referred to on the page as such. It does not state the laptop bag needs to actually contain a laptop. It also does not state that you need to take a second smaller bag in addition to your cabin bag.
Your free baggage allowance on British Airways flights
1 handbag/laptop bag
1 additional cabin bag
http://www.britishairways.com/en-us/...age-allowances
Anyway, you are not required to take a second item. Perhaps the solution to your problem is just to use one bag that is within the 'cabin bag' size. I have a B&R that is within the size and use it as my only carryon even when travelling for over a week.
Originally Posted by
Perche
The smallest bag I've found that allows a laptop, plus the personal items that one MUST keep with you on board according to BA's own website, such as medications, the different eyeglasses I need, and a change in clothes in case they lose my bag (which is what made me stop checking in bags in the first place, as I cannot have that happen for professional reasons), is 16.5 inches (Timbuk2).
Where on the BA website does it state that you MUST keep with you on board a change of clothes in your carryon, or that those items must be in the smaller bag?