coolcoil

Technically, no. If you exceed any of dimensions you could be forced to check. However, in my experience when you are that close it is very, very unlikely that you would be forced to gate check. My rollaboard is an inch (2.5 cm) too large in each dimension and I've only been forced to check once in the last three years, and that was when it was over-stuffed. Of course, YMMV.

FlyingWhileHappy

Can anyone please confirm if this information is correct? Am I allowed to bring these in addition to the personal item and carryon on a domestic flight:

Additional allowed items

You can also bring:
Outerwear such as coats, wraps and hats
A book or newspaper
A small bag of food to eat on the flight
An approved safety seat for a lap or ticketed child
A pillow or blanket
An umbrella stroller for a lap or ticketed child
A diaper bag for a lap or ticketed child
Duty free items
Assistive devices (e.g. wheelchairs, walkers, portable oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines etc.)
Breast pump

ikwia

Those are the old rules. The current rules are carryon and personal item, plus "Diaper bags (1 per child), soft-sided cooler bags with breast milk, child safety seats, strollers and medical or mobility devices", which "don’t count as your personal item or carry-on."

mvoight

Should post the AA doc for reference
https://www.aa.com.br/i18n/travel-in...on-baggage.jsp

While reviewing that I went to the linked page for Special Items and Sports Equipment
https://www.aa.com.br/i18n/travel-in...and-sports.jsp
One of the requirements for buying a seat for your "instrument"
"Is a bulkhead (divider) window seat (not in an Emergency Exit row)"
What is the purpose of having it in a bulkhead seat? is this so it doesn't take up a row with legroom, as it won't need any?
And, Mr DB Cooper if you are still out there, this one is for you
"1 parachute
Allowed as a carry-on provided the parachute and accessories meet carry-on size limitations and don't contain compressed gas cylinders or other such items considered as dangerous goods".
Unfortunately, AA has no more 727's back doors, for easy departure

threeoh

Maybe so your cello doesn't whack someone on the head in the event of a sudden stop?

flyerCO

Does PSA actually have a rule that says bags with wheels can't be taken onboard? First time I've had pleasure of flying PSA. Flown the others tons and never had an issue as my bag fits on CR9.

FA/pilot insisted they couldn't by company policy.

aamilesslave

Correct. PSA does not allow while other carriers like Skywest do allow.

uclacolumbiaunc

I understand that carry-on bags policy is one cabin-sized luggage and one personal item (i.e. backpack, etc.). However, what if you buy something at the airport (something like wine or souvenir) that requires packaging and one additional plastic bag, would that additional plastic bag count against the carry-on items? I mean, this would seem to be counter-productive for airport, cuz I am sure airport would encourage more passenger spending at airport shops, right?

I was at MCO today, traveling MCO-MIA-LAX, and I came to airport with one backpack and one cabin-sized luggage, but I end up buying some souvenirs at airport Disney store before boarding which means I am carrying one more plastic bag with a boxed souvenir (not something big, maybe roughly 2'x12'x12' dimension). The gate ticket-scanning agent stopped me and basically forced me to either squeeze my souvenir inside my backpack or gate-check my luggage (I do NOT want to gate-check my luggage cuz i want to spend some time checking out LAX's new mid-field concourse after I land at LAX)..... I am in First class on 737-MAX, so there is plenty of room in the overhead bin. I ended up throwing away the packaging boxes and just jammed my souvenir into my backpack. Interestingly, I was experimenting this rule during MIA transit by putting the same souvenir in the same plastic bag and carrying it at the gate along with my backpack and luggage, and the gate agent at MIA did NOT care at all that I had an additional plastic bag.

I mean, I understand the rule states one cabin-sized luggage and one personal item. But if the gate agent was so inflexible, would that actually discourage traveler spending money at airport gift shop? Was the gate agent at MCO just power-tripping or was I not supposed to spend money at airport gift shop?

I am curious if I was in the wrong or if I was unlucky that I got an inflexible gate agent? What is your experience like this in general?

hbtr

Yes, if you have a bag of souvenirs it counts as a carryon, although it may not always be enforced (just as some other carry ons miss enforcement from time to time), or over-enforced (I was once instructed to put my Fanny pack into my carry on, so even a small bag might be flagged). AFAIK the airlines don’t make any money from sales at airport shops so they don’t have any incentive to push or enable such sales, so I don’t think they see that souvenir bag any different than any other carryon they might decide to flag.

I’m not sure if airlines make any exceptions for duty free items purchased prior to an international trip.

threeoh

Some airlines (e.g. United) explicitly say food or merchandise purchased in the airport don't count towards the one-bag one-personal-item limit.

But AA's website appears to be silent on this issue.

uclacolumbiaunc

does this also apply to AA?

cmd320

Okay, this idiot policy of gate checking all bags with wheels on PSA is stupid. My bag fits perfectly fine in all CR7/9 aircraft with or without atmosphere, brought it and stored it overhead on my first leg. Second leg on the exact same aircraft (not type, I mean the exact same N number, I was on the inbound flight) told all bags with wheels aren’t permitted.

On the ramp when I explained I had the bag in the overhead on the same plane on the inbound flight I was told it was a weight & balance issue (which is a complete lie because no other -900 operator I’m aware of requires this on the basis of W&B, size maybe, but that isn’t the issue here). I guess PSA was in violation on my first flight. Someone is getting a complaint, either AA about the unfounded policy of their regional subsidiary or the DOT that my inbound flight was in violation of W&B requirements. I’ll let AA choose which one.

iplaybass

My CLT-STL flight changed from mainline to PSA CR9. Are they still insisting that no wheeled luggage can be brought onboard? It's bad enough that this will force us to check an extra bag because it won't fit in a CR9 overhead, but all of our carry-on luggage has wheels, so we could end up with 6 bags to be checked, and medication dumped into plastic bags.

wrdouglas

So FULLLLLL flight right now from MSP to CLT (2084). I have a Tumi international expandable and have NEVER had even the slightest question about it , even on small jets.. . until . . today . . please see if it fits the rack . . . nope, not gonna fit, however 70% of the bags on the plane are in the same spot.

I told them for the 100K loyalty points I have put up this year I have had no problem, then another poked his head in (Brandon) and said it should have been . . I suggested, politely that they were.

Rant over . . ..., they treat EXP this way?

USFlyerUS

You've obviously not been through SEA much. The SEA gate agents are generally very strict about bags. The bag I had used for 15 years (yes, it was in rough shape but was a great bag) all of a sudden was an apparent problem. It always fit in the sizer without a problem, but I was getting tired of having to prove it on every trip. I gave up and just bought a smaller bag to avoid the issue altogether.