Originally Posted by canadiancow

Does your opinion change if it's a large aircraft and not very full? I'm not saying I expect most pax to have that information, but sometimes it's nice to not check an extra bag when you know there's tons of space on board.



I have on, at least one occasion, brought someone else's bag through security for one reason or another, in addition to my own. It probably looked bad, but when we met up I handed it off and we were both legal at that point.