Originally Posted by
freshairborne
Any expensive, fragile instrument comes with, or should come with a hard case.
I've never seen a tennis racket that comes with a hard case. Most tennis bags are nylon and while they probably exist, I've never personally seen a hard case for tennis rackets.
Just a backpack and a tennis bag should be fine for carry-on. It seems like there's fault on both sides here, with the passenger trying to push the limits of the carry-on rules, and the GA being overzealous in enforcing those rules. It's absurd to count each racket as a piece of luggage, if a piece of luggage inside another piece of luggage still counts as 2 pieces, why do they make those announcements about consolidating items?