Carry On Items
Dec 21, 1999, 7:36 am
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Carry On Items
A very interesting story regarding carry-on items:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/348817.asp
http://www.msnbc.com/news/348817.asp
Dec 21, 1999, 8:34 am
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I have no problem with the airlines saying the bag needs to be something like 15 X 9 X 22 etc. I have a big problem with an arbitrary weight restriction. Some overseas airports(LGW used to be one)try to limit the weight to a rediculously low amount. Most of these bags are weekend type bags. I would guess that mine typically weighs about 20-25 pounds on the way home from a long weekend in Europe. Beyond this I might agree to a restriction, but the rules, if any are ever promulgated, must allow for what 95 % of people are actually doing, and not be a backdoor way to force more people to check more luggage and only overload the system more.