Originally Posted by
STBCypriot
Generally (I say generally because some people have had experiences contrary to this, particularly on LLCs), items purchased in the airport after security do not count towards the two item limit, so get a bag from one of the stores in the airport and put your waist-pack in it. You will still have to take it out of the bag and put it on after boarding but that should take minimal time (compared to having to retrieve it from inside your roll-aboard). Problem solved.
I disagree. The policy has nothing to do with security, it is how many bags you can bring on board. I think anyone relying on this recommendation is likely to find themselves in a world of hurt. If this were actually the policy someone could conceivably go buy 3 rollaboard bags past security and carry all of them on.