Consistency in amounts of carry-on bags allowed please
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Consistency in amounts of carry-on bags allowed please
Boarding for LAS on Sunday they call groups 1,2& 3 together. Then I notice on the jet bridge the lady in front of me has 4 bags ( a suitcase, a backpack, a laptop size purse and a tube containing a pop up display) and she is group 3. I told the FA and she just shrugged her shoulders,
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
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Boarding for LAS on Sunday they call groups 1,2& 3 together. Then I notice on the jet bridge the lady in front of me has 4 bags ( a suitcase, a backpack, a laptop size purse and a tube containing a pop up display) and she is group 3. I told the FA and she just shrugged her shoulders,
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
Wait, am I getting this right, someone else boarded with 4 bags/items and you got a shrug and $50?
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Meanwhile the last time OP travelled with 2 bag/item, was requested to gate check.
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LAS consistently disappoints. Like forcing pax to put bags that already display an "approved carry-on baggage" tag through sizers during the boarding process. Which, you know, does nothing other than slow down the boarding process.
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I know EXACTLY what OP meant. I was being immensely sarcastic. And there wasn't an emoji that appropriately conveyed my comment. I've also posted on the forum of the same nonsense I've seen at SRQ except it was parents of young children and each parent and child managed to board the rouge sardine with 4 large items and contract gate agents (UA?) shrugged lots.
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I know EXACTLY what OP meant. I was being immensely sarcastic. And there wasn't an emoji that appropriately converted my comment. I've also posted on the forum of the same nonsense I've seen at SRQ except it was parents of young children and each parent and child managed to board the rouge sardine with 4 large items and contract gate agents (UA?) shrugged lots.
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LAS consistently disappoints. Like forcing pax to put bags that already display an "approved carry-on baggage" tag through sizers during the boarding process. Which, you know, does nothing other than slow down the boarding process.
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If the approved carry-on baggage tags are unsuitable for indicating that a bag is approved to be carried on, then they're completely and utterly useless. Might as well get rid of them as they'll serve absolutely no purpose.
Ridiculous.
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Boarding for LAS on Sunday they call groups 1,2& 3 together. Then I notice on the jet bridge the lady in front of me has 4 bags ( a suitcase, a backpack, a laptop size purse and a tube containing a pop up display) and she is group 3. I told the FA and she just shrugged her shoulders,
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
Of course she puts all of these in the overhead and the flight is delayed as bags need to be get gate checked.
Where is the consistency, flying from SFO to YVR 2 weeks ago I had to put. my super small purse in my laptop bag before they would let me on the jet bridge yet this lady's is 2 full size bags over the limit and nothing was done.
I emailed AC and got the usual $50 discount but all I want is some consistency with the GA's
And I don't mean zone 1 gets a free pass, I mean my bags look reasonable (and do fit in the sizers), so they just don't force me to try again in front of them.
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If that's your position, read the rest of my post.
Maybe they should stamp the tags like they do it India to prove it's been through some process (security there, sizer here).
End of the day, 4 bags is clearly outrageous and shouldn't be allowed unless the passenger can cram it all into two items of the prescribed size. Because I do not have an issue with someone with a small roller, a handbag, and an iPad that is clearly out so they don't spend 5 minutes getting it available while boarding <personal pet peeve>. And that wasn't the case here.
Unless it's consistently enforced people will abuse the system.
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GAs for 211 in YYC were tagging today. Announcement from SD on flight: youll notice that you may have had your carry on baggage tagged today so that we can ensure theres adequate space on the aircraft for all approved carry on. Or something to to that effect.
Nice to see.
Edit: second announcement says that bags have been tagged as under seat bags to allow more room...... she may have said that the first time but I heard it this time.
Nice to see.
Edit: second announcement says that bags have been tagged as under seat bags to allow more room...... she may have said that the first time but I heard it this time.