AA Increasing Carry On Bag Enforcement, Audits (Oct 2019)
#243
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New York, NY
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Posts: 239
Rimowa cabin Plus
So nervous. I travel frequently domestic and intl with this case. It’s the carry on but intl size which is a little bit larger.
my trip coming up is an e190 Lga to bos then onto Asia.
I am pretty sure the first leg will not make it. Looking for any data points on the e190s. Thanks!
my trip coming up is an e190 Lga to bos then onto Asia.
I am pretty sure the first leg will not make it. Looking for any data points on the e190s. Thanks!
#244
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Sun Prairie, WI
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, HH Diamond, National Executive
Posts: 1,786
Only a few other posters have touched on this but one of the biggest reasons many elites and premium customers probably don’t check a bag (even when it is free for them) is the unreasonable amount of time it takes AA to get the bags to the carousel. I’m DFW based and travel between many of the other AA hubs on a constant basis and having to routinely wait 30-45+
minutes to retrieve a checked bag is a joke.
I know it’ll never happen with Parker at the helm but maybe a baggage delivery guarantee like Delta and Alaska have in place would be nice. If your checked bags haven’t arrived within 20-25 minutes of arrival you’re given a small amount of miles or a discount code for a future flight. I know this thread is about carryon size enforcement but I feel like people would be less inclined to push the envelope on the size of their carryon bag if they could check it and retrieve it at their destination in a reasonable amount of time...
minutes to retrieve a checked bag is a joke.
I know it’ll never happen with Parker at the helm but maybe a baggage delivery guarantee like Delta and Alaska have in place would be nice. If your checked bags haven’t arrived within 20-25 minutes of arrival you’re given a small amount of miles or a discount code for a future flight. I know this thread is about carryon size enforcement but I feel like people would be less inclined to push the envelope on the size of their carryon bag if they could check it and retrieve it at their destination in a reasonable amount of time...
As a data point, I had 3 flights this week leaving PHX, MCI, and ORD and not one was sizing bags (at least during group 1). I have a flight on Sunday the 3rd so looking forward to seeing some data points here from tomorrow and Saturday before I make a decision on whether I'm going to risk a bag that is 2" too wide or just check. Unfortunately, I'm off to a week long trip - business then a wedding - and have to bring a suit.
#245
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SNA
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This is the exact reason why I carry on. If "most" of the time I only had to wait 20-25 minutes for my bag I'd probably check my bag more often. By the time you get off the plane, use the restroom, and head down to baggage claim you wouldn't be waiting that long. The problem is you don't know if the bag will arrive before you get to baggage claim or 45 minutes after you land.
#248
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Nothing in CLT at the gates I saw. Including one backpack that barely seemed like it would be allowed to be checked, let alone fit any sizer.
#249
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: PNS
Programs: DL FO, UA, AA
Posts: 700
Only a few other posters have touched on this but one of the biggest reasons many elites and premium customers probably don’t check a bag (even when it is free for them) is the unreasonable amount of time it takes AA to get the bags to the carousel. I’m DFW based and travel between many of the other AA hubs on a constant basis and having to routinely wait 30-45+
minutes to retrieve a checked bag is a joke.
I know it’ll never happen with Parker at the helm but maybe a baggage delivery guarantee like Delta and Alaska have in place would be nice. If your checked bags haven’t arrived within 20-25 minutes of arrival you’re given a small amount of miles or a discount code for a future flight. I know this thread is about carryon size enforcement but I feel like people would be less inclined to push the envelope on the size of their carryon bag if they could check it and retrieve it at their destination in a reasonable amount of time...
minutes to retrieve a checked bag is a joke.
I know it’ll never happen with Parker at the helm but maybe a baggage delivery guarantee like Delta and Alaska have in place would be nice. If your checked bags haven’t arrived within 20-25 minutes of arrival you’re given a small amount of miles or a discount code for a future flight. I know this thread is about carryon size enforcement but I feel like people would be less inclined to push the envelope on the size of their carryon bag if they could check it and retrieve it at their destination in a reasonable amount of time...
#250
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Noted, and I appreciate the fact that they have a service guarantee, and offer (modest) compensation if they don't meet that objective. But I travel every week, and many (most?) weeks, I would need to pick up a checked bag 4 or 5 times. That's a lot of waiting, especially when I'm arriving at destinations at ~midnight and have early morning meetings.
#252
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 226
Last Friday in Atlanta, they were checking bag size on a CR-900 flight. However, they always have been checking bag size on RJ’s in Atlanta.
#253
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This weekend a DYKWIA right in front of me in Group 1 boarding got pulled aside because he had this HUGE back pack stuffed to the gills with shoes stuffed on the outside holders.
They made him size it and then check it....LOL.
They made him size it and then check it....LOL.
Last edited by AANYC1981; Nov 3, 2019 at 9:32 am
#255
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 74
At CLT today, the GA made specific mention to carry on allowance (much more than I've seen previously) and said overstuffed carry ones would be checked with the sizer and checked. The most egregious violator opted to self check before trying to checking in . A few borderline cases were asked to try the sizer or combine bags to get to two. The gate next to it had no enforcement and I noticed someone with an oversized bag go through. So as anticipated, this will be a GA dependent enforcement.