Thanks! I'll be posting the LH report soon...

As for my bag, it only got checked to Vienna, which actually worked out. I claimed my 22" rollaboard in Vienna, got the boarding passes for my Delhi flight in the HON/*A Gold room (LOVE this amenity, by the way! Wish more airports had it...) and had absolutely no issues carrying it on the flight.

I was singled out at Heathrow security because I guess my rollaboard looked too big. It's the typical American 22" rollaboard -- an expandable TravelPro (it's the same one used by flight crews). It was not expanded at the time. But since most Europeans pack 18" suitcases or smaller, I tend to find that my 22" rollaboard is often singled out. Despite my protests, the guy at security wouldn't hear it. He forced me to try to cram my bag into the sizer and since it (obviously) would not fit, he sent me back to check it in.

I would really like to know the actual diameters of these metal "sizers" anyway. Because my carry-on is technically a legal carry-on (heck, the freakin' flight crews use it!!), so I'm not sure what molds they are using to build those stupid things, or what right the security agents have to enforce my bag size. Frankly, it fits into the overhead bin wheels first, which is a lot more than most people can say about their carry-ons...

The only other airport where I have had issues with my 22" is at Hong Kong where they would not let me through security. I had to go back to the United desk and request "special permission" to take it through. That was not unduly withheld and I proceeded.