Overhead Storage Bin Space: Coats Versus Luggage
Dec 13, 2015, 1:28 pm
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Some CRJ-900s, such as those operated by SkyWest, have the small bins on the left side of the aircraft permanently glued closed for some unknown reason. It's annoying, but those planes are so beat up that the doors that should be permanently glued shut so that the entire aircraft cannot be used.
Dec 13, 2015, 1:59 pm
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Dec 13, 2015, 5:31 pm
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My view is somewhat different from what anyone else has posted.
Yes, I do believe that you should be allowed to keep your coat (or anything else) in the overhead bin under the condition that you are not using more than your share of that bin. That means (if you are in a row with 3 seats on each side, a third of the bin and if you are in a row with 2 seats, one half of the bin).
Yes, I do believe that you should be allowed to keep your coat (or anything else) in the overhead bin under the condition that you are not using more than your share of that bin. That means (if you are in a row with 3 seats on each side, a third of the bin and if you are in a row with 2 seats, one half of the bin).
Dec 13, 2015, 9:48 pm
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Yes, there are a few bins which are closed off to passenger use, but these are made up for by those passengers who don't use any bin space at all. (As I mentioned above, we were three people flying together but only 2 of us put anything overhead).
Incidentally, I seem to fly a lot in the winter and having my baggage delayed on three separate flights, there is no way I am going to find myself in December in New York or Frankfurt without a coat. In recent years, I have been sitting in the front cabin so I have no problem getting my coat hung up. This, however, is not true in Economy.
Should I put my coat in my checked luggage and risk freezing upon arrival because bin hogs feel that they deserve more than their fair share? When I did fly Economy, I folded up my coat and put it in my roller bag. You would not know what I have in there -- does that make it any better than if I had simply not had a roller bag and put my coat in the overhead?
Dec 13, 2015, 10:00 pm
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No one in his right mind brings a roller bag just to store a jacket, so the question is moot.
Yes, it would be great if people only used their "fair share" of bin space, but if some space in the bins can be freed up by hanging up a jacket, then it's a no-brainer, no-lose solution.
The guy making a federal case out of this would probably lose his mind if some restaurant folded up his jacket and stuffed it into a drawer rather than hang it up in a closet.
Yes, it would be great if people only used their "fair share" of bin space, but if some space in the bins can be freed up by hanging up a jacket, then it's a no-brainer, no-lose solution.
The guy making a federal case out of this would probably lose his mind if some restaurant folded up his jacket and stuffed it into a drawer rather than hang it up in a closet.
Dec 13, 2015, 10:40 pm
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On my return flights, heading to Tel Aviv, I was not worried about whether my coat would return in time and I did put it in my checked baggage. At the worst, I would have been a little chilly without it. On the way out of the country, it definitely had my coat inside of it.
Dec 13, 2015, 11:04 pm
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Dec 13, 2015, 11:08 pm
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No, they will not force people to check a loose jacket, but they will tell you that it cannot be in the overhead bin (if the bin is too crowded because of bin hogs) and then I would have wound up either sitting on it or wearing it -- not something I enjoy doing, especially on 12 hour flights.
Dec 14, 2015, 12:14 am
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No one in his right mind brings a roller bag just to store a jacket, so the question is moot.
Yes, it would be great if people only used their "fair share" of bin space, but if some space in the bins can be freed up by hanging up a jacket, then it's a no-brainer, no-lose solution.
The guy making a federal case out of this would probably lose his mind if some restaurant folded up his jacket and stuffed it into a drawer rather than hang it up in a closet.
Yes, it would be great if people only used their "fair share" of bin space, but if some space in the bins can be freed up by hanging up a jacket, then it's a no-brainer, no-lose solution.
The guy making a federal case out of this would probably lose his mind if some restaurant folded up his jacket and stuffed it into a drawer rather than hang it up in a closet.
. Last year, I brought my family to Tokyo in Dec and we had 4 coats stuffed inside a small cabin luggage. They are so puffy that if not stuffed... they would take up A LOT of space. As we are 4 pax with 1 handbag, 1 backpack and 1 cabin luggage (for the coats), I do think we made fare use of the bin space.
Separately, we had 2 large luggages checked in.
It was a great trip