It is also however going on to state about how much can be carried when expanded - although not stating it, it seems to be implying that making use of that would be ok too

Be interesting to see whether it actually fits within the sizer limits or just marketing lies

No, if a bag exceeds AA's specifications, it can result in a fine for AA.


Anyone here want to give gate agents more discretion (authority) than they already have? I certainly don't.

I'd like to know if anyone has seen if the "enforcers" will allow the front of the bag to be squished in behind the bar? Is it OK if it squishes in? I'm often using a Travel Pro 20" bag that easily passes on height and width but the front of the bag (the 9" dimension) is a half inch over, but the overage is a squishable computer pocket. My past experience with sizers has been if bags squish in they are deemed OK, but who knows how the enforcement will be now. Would like to hear any experiences on this.

And as I wrote.... please see post #150. Thought I spelled it out pretty clearly in my initial comment that I specifically saw, for the first time, a sizer with 2 different sets of lines, one yellow, one white, showing both carryon AND personal item sizing. Then deeruck was kind enough to post a photo of one. If you actually look at it, you'll see white lines, and yellow lines. One set indicates measurements for a standard carry-on and the other for a personal item. Just like I initially mentioned. Hope that clears it up for you.

On a side note, those sizers look to have been created back when basic economy only included a personal item.

Another sizer showing personal item sizing guidelines. This was from this morning at BTR. I noticed this one has zero reference to BE, so doesn't seem to have been created for when BE was personal item only.

ZERO enforcement of carry-on baggage for the flight to DFW. At least 7 people boarded with a roller bag, a backpack, and a garment bag. Front closet is full from hanging garment bags. FA was very friendly and hung about 5 garment bags from coach passengers, all of whom had it as their 3rd carry-on item.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7cc4984542.jpg

Wow - I guess I'm just incredibly naive and had no idea that so many folks board with 3(!) carry-ons. But then again, to some people here, bringing 3 carry-ons is the same offense as having a bag that's 0.25 inches over the sizer's limit (but still would easily fit in any overhead). So go AA! Go get those 0.25 inchers!

Last time I took a tape measure to the sizers upthread the dimensions for Carry-Ons to the outer edge of the white lines was the 22" and 14". The depth for the front inside bar to the rear wall was 10".
eta: The 10" makes sense as that's where there's the most variability from packing and hence some leeway.

I dont normally pay attention, but with this becoming a hot topic, just so happened that I noticed a guy in gate area, waiting to board, with 3 items. He had a roller, backpack, and what looked like a large-sized cooler. Something that could hold like 8-10 cans. He boarded group 1, same as me. He had no issues. I was in 2A, so all the requests for hanging of garment bags happened to catch my attention. Then noticed that for all of them, it was a 3rd item. Can't say if this is the norm or not, because usually I'm not paying attention. And this was on a maybe 3/4 full E175.

Last week in PHL, they still had the old sizers without the yellow lines. I stand corrected. In any event, the new sizer poses no problem for those among us who follow the rules.

These seem to be scattered about, no rhyme or reason. As one who never really paid much attention to them until this recent announcement, can't say how many or how long this style has been around. Interesting to see if more if this style start popping up.

I see this regularly. Bad rules + inconsistent enforcement = recipe for unhappy customers. =

Also, in general, I stand by my earlier comments that 90% of bags are not in compliance anyways. Most bags are ever so slightly too large, once you include the wheels and handles - there are like 2 models cited in this thread that fit exactly, but thats it.

That 0.25 inches above the bag on an E175 is critical!!

The most awesome was in HNL last year when they made me run my backpack through the sizer (huge value add, given I had 4 overhead bins available to choose from in J on a 772) while allowing a Group 7 pax next to me to take 3 oversized items onboard. :rolleyes:

Take your computer out and use gravity to create the illusion of an easy fit. If you have a small backpack, put the computer in there, as they count the computer itself as a personal item.

A few years ago at DFW, I had kind of roller duffel bad that was cut out to fit the normal carryon size reqs but when stuffed, would always fit in the bin, but need a good push to fit in the sizer. I was told it had to fall into the sizer "with ease" to count. Mind you this was on a fully booked hub to hub flight where half of the plane was boarded by group 4, so it was probably not an audit but just them looking for any reason to make an elite heavy flight gate check bags.

You forgot to mention that you had lunch after you got off the plane, but before you went to get your bag...:)

The garment bag thing always baffled me. Particularly the hard sided ones. Those are giant and take up 1.5 spots in the overhead.