Originally Posted by
MB_again
I have a 48hr trip to Budapest from Stansted next month, and I plan to carry a normal backpack well within the carry-on dimension limits of other non-budget airlines.
It looks like the small-only policy wasn't followed as strictly per the posts above, but the last message above is more than 3 months old, so just wondering if anyone has recent experience of how strict they are with normal backpacks which aren't exactly the official allowable tiny size?
Admittedly I expect my normal backpack to be only half full, but good to know nevertheless.
my last FR flights were in mid June and they only seemed interested in wheelies. so you should be fine ex STN, but other people have had different experiences at smaller FR airports, so your backpack might get more attention at BUD, but probably not! good luck, and let us know what happens.