Originally Posted by Captain Schmidt

I really don't understand the new bag policy. I have an upcoming GLA-DUB and will likely travel with a pretty small soft cabin bag that fits perfectly easily either in the overhead or under the seat on Emerald, yet because it is slightly over the allowed dimensions, I'm going to have to go to check-in and hand the bag over. EI incurs the additional cost of check-in staff and baggage handling at both GLA and DUB and I get slightly inconvenienced. From the airline's perspective that seems idiotic, and as far as I'm concerned it's one less reason to choose EI vs. FR (and yes, I know FR would charge for the bag to go on board, but the base fare on FR is generally a lot less than EI).