Originally Posted by kkua
I'm one of those guilty of hogging overhead space. Since Jan 2000, I've travelled with a wheeled garment bag... almost 2x wide, but same height and depth to accomodate overheads on CO and NW planes (except RJ and puddle-hoppers). Only time when I had it checked in was when the ground crew are total sticklers (for example SIN, HKG, MEL, SYD)...
Dude, will that thing fit in the size-wize template things in the gate area? I bet it won't. You're being completely unfair to your fellow passengers. I hate your bag.
And the thing is, if I board late with my modest, compact hand-carry bag and have to gate-check it because the bins are all full... making me arrive home 45 minutes later than I had planned...
it is because of bags and practices like this.
ZERO sympathy from me.