Originally Posted by JohnWM
My tactic usually is to carry some sturdy plastic grocery bags, folded down to a small size. Once aloft, I can then unburden my pockets one by one by emptying the contents little by little into the grocery bags. In a few moments, I end up being empty pocketed with a shopping bag full of odds and ends.
Grocery bags. What an interesting idea. I usually just take the vest off and stuff it into the overhead on long flights or there or under my seat on short ones.
Internationally, we are in Business Class and have lots of room and no real weight limits. It is the intra-China flights that concern me. I do not want a problem there.