seowitz

If you can board early, what was just said above is the way to go.

I'm a photographer, I travel with a backpack with all my camera bodies and lenses, then a carry on roller usually with some lighting equipment. When I'm stuck on an CRJ/700/900 I will put my lighting gear in a separate padded bag inside my carry on roller. I'll gate check the roller, and pull the lighting gear out and carry it on. I usually will put the backpack in the overhead bin (it fits in every regional jet I've flown so far) and the smaller lighting bag under the seat in front of me. When we arrive at the next gate I'll put the lighting bag back in the carry on roller I gate checked, and move on.

Hope that helps.

newbie1987

My roller looks like it has the same size as the Travelpro 20". I will make sure I have a tag just in case. Thanks!

I upgrade to C+ so I would probably board early. I have a backpack for my camera but I just thought of bringing a roller since I'm taking the console with me. I don't have to take the console but its a gift to my brother.

I found this video it shows how big the clearance for bins which I think my roller would fit just fine.

nikitta28

700 bigger than 200, I took the backpack through and I had TSA pre heck - it did not come out for that

southpaw1227

I have the new Away carry-on. Fits with room to spare in Delta's CRJ700 and CRJ900 planes, but needs to be *crammed* into the CRJ200. I tried it once just to see, but it's such a hassle to get in & out I'm going to do the pink-tag valet from here on.

So yes, the CRJ200 bin is absolutely smaller than the CRJ700. FWIW, it was plenty deep to fit my bag, but the height of the bin gave me issues.

char777

The fuselage diameter is the same, but the floor is lower on the CR7 (and I think it's even lower on the CR9/CRJ1000), so the seats are a little wider, and there's more headroom for bigger bins. The windows are also higher on the CR7/CR9/CR10. I think Bombardier made some other minor improvements in terms of bin space with the NextGen CRJs, and the CRJs being assembled from this year onward have even more minor cabin improvements. Not that anybody is really buying CRJs anymore anyway.

In my experience, I've never seen an airplane bin smaller than what's on the CR2. Granted, I've never flown an old school ERJ or some of those weirder puddle jumper dinosaurs, but I think even the Dash 8 has much bigger bins than the CR2. I can get my 3/4 full Filson duffle into pretty much every overhead bin except for the CR2.

mnredfox

CR2 def smallest. I was pretty sure CR9 and CR7 had the same size. Either way I can fit my roller board on both but it can't be fuller than nominal size.

us2

There's actually a toggle latch on the door that needs to be popped for the door to slide open. It's the same color as the bin door, so it's easy to miss.

SJC ORD LDR

I think the size is really close. I can barely fit my roller board into a CR9 and it barely does not fit on a CR7. It's a hard sided roller board, so it's not like I stuffed more stuff on one trip vs. another.

seawolf

So are we saying CR2 can accomodate standard DL carry-on 22" x 14" x 9"?

lblambert

My husband does most of the flying in our family so I am a bit out of the loop on this so please forgive me. I have an upcoming trip on an Embraer 175 in first (single seat) and have read that people with rollerboards are often asked to check them as they will not fit in the overhead bins.

I'm packing very light for this trip specifically to avoid having to deal with baggage claim. I was hoping to take my 20" rollerboard, however, have an 18" that I could utilize as well. I'm thinking the smaller one will have a better chance of making it on the plane. I will have a personal item, too can't fit both under the seat. Will the 20" fit?

ATOBTTR

An E-175 OH bin should fit standard roll-a-boards (it’s the CRJ bins that won’t fit full size roll-a-boards and this require gate-checking). However in FC, the single seat side will have a smaller bin so you will have it put your roll-a-board in the OH bin on the 2 seat side.

CPMaverick

It depends on the dimensions of your ' 20" ' bag. Not all bags are the same size despite the generic labeling.

I had a Rimowa Salsa IATA for many years. It fit perfectly, with no room to spare, in both the CRJ and ERJ overheads. I sometimes had to squabble with the FA a bit, as they 'assured' me it wouldn't fit, but it did (without cramming it in).

That bag was 21.7 x 15.7 x 7.9 in. If your bag is below that, you should be OK. Especially as I believe the E175 bins are bigger than the CRJ bins.

lblambert

Thank you!!

I will double check my bag dimensions. Thank you!

MCO Flyer

Some of the CRJ-900s that are considered "next generation" (there is usually a decal on the side of the aircraft somewhere) actually have OH bins large enough to accommodate standard size carry-ons but they still do pink tagging anyway. I've gotten push back from GAs who insist that my bag won't fit and typically just take the pink tag from them but don't use them and put the bag in the OH no problem. You are right in that all of the E-175s have OH bins that can fit normal size carry-ons and there is no pink tagging on the E-Jets.

jdrtravel

This is key. Don't get into an argument with the gate agent. Just take the pink tag, but don't put it in your bag. If they make you put it in, then remove it as you are walking down the jetway so the flight attendant does not see it, and then put your bag in the o/h bin. If for some reason it actually does not fit, put the pink tag back on and check it.