Originally Posted by
Marylou
Flying 787-8 CW, two of us each having a small rollaboard and a tote bag. (Both under the posted size limits for carryon).
The rollaboards will go in the overhead but from looking at the pictures and reading all these threads, I can’t for the life of me figure out where one keeps a handbag. On Delta1 you have underseat storage but I don’t see that being available on this config. We are in 3 J and K outbound, 1 J and K on the return. The main concern would be on the outbound which is an overnight flight and I wouldn’t want to disturb other passengers by opening and closing the overhead bin.
I wouldn't worry too much about the disturbance, if someone is asleep it isn't likely to wake them compared to all the other things going on. There is a small tray on the floor under the TV unit, but unless you are over 6 ft I would just leave it at the end of the bed when in flat bed mode, and on the floor area of the CW seat when the bed is not laid flat. Seat 1J also has a little gap between the bulk head and foot-stall mounting and I have seen some people leave their handbags / man bags behind the mounting. I've also seen some people hang the bags from the coat hook at the back of the unit or off the TV screen pullout. The issue of a lack of space for personal items in CW is frequently raised here, particularly when, as here, there are no side bins along the seats.