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I understand your point of view, but mine is the opposite and I applaud this move by QF and will pick QF over VS every time I have a choice (and I have a travel budget over million dollars, sadly not personal budget). My experience is that the wait for checked bags on short flights such as SYD-MEL is rarely more than 10 min and often less (seems like 0 half the time, the bags are there). QF does way better than airlines in the US (and in the US I do carry-on instead of checking my bag as it is unreliable). BTW, there have been 3 or 4 waves of carry-on bag enforcement over the last decade, and it never lasts for long but does get the overhead bin load down for a while. I had a bag fall on my head TATL many years ago, requiring 3 stitches, so I am a bit more aware of this problem than others.