Originally Posted by PTravel
I'm not interested in a debate on carryon versus checking. I'm only interested in whether FAA and TSA rules will permit "one plus one plus camera bag," and, if so, whether the airlines permit it as well.
I have tried this several times and gotten away with it more than half the time. My understanding is that it violates all the rules but I have never been stopped by anyone other than the airlines, and never when I flew business class. In coach, I sometimes get away with it and sometimes don't. The main variable seems to be how crowded the flight is, but I've been forced to check one of the bags even when the flight wasn't too full.