dawg1k

RE: Regional jets.

Honestly? I don't fly them. For example, I've stopped flying UA to SEA from LAX. I now fly Virgin or Alaska.

RE: what I'm carrying? On this trip two 15" Lenovo W520s, a 12" X61, an iPad, 4 TB External drive, couple other drives, cables, etc.

RE: my experience
At LHR, it turned out, BMI did the gate check-in. The woman asked me politely if I'd like to check my computer case. I sad "No, I have computer equipment".

She then gave me the "it's a full flight" line and told me the crew might make me. However, as *G, I got on right away, put my stuff up and no hassles.

Let's see how my departure from MUC on Saturday goes.

hdogan

I know I'm terribly offtopic here (mods, feel free to delete this post), but today, in the era of vmware and cloud infrastructure, why carry *three* computers, *and* a tablet?

dawg1k

1) I am using VMs. I'm just using more than one and doing more complex configurations including clustering of VM hosts which needs at least two.
2) Can't count on "good" internet
3) Can't count on internet at all for some customers (think governments/banks)

dawg1k

To wrap up my trip, I flew MUC to LHR and on to LAX today.

My flight departed MUC at 7:30am from H22. I left the LH Senator lounge (just down the the hall) at 7:00am. Boarding was listed at 7:05.

We all waited until 7:10am and they started boarding in the usual "come on down" fashion. I walked up. Used the automatic reader. Walked by the luggage sizer (no scale to be seen). Had my passport checked and walked on the plane. Bags and computers safely on board.

So no hassle.

One point of interest. Compared to my inbound LHR to MUC flight, this flight was only about 1/2 full. I was in row 4 with an empty seat between myself and the other passenger with the other side being the same way. Business was only 3 rows (an A319) and only had six folks.

So the tip seems to be light loads and early flights are a good combination to above the scale and sizer check. As usual, YMMV.

exbayern

I also find MUC tends to generally be less sticky than FRA, perhaps due to the larger number of international flights connecting at FRA and people coming off carriers which permit larger bags.

Crampedin13A

Although I've never had to gate-check a bag wouldn't it be worth the risk if for example you had a tight FRA connection from say an airline like UA or AC who have more liberal carry-on policies to an LH intra Europe flight? I presume a gate checked bag will definitely be on the plane with you so it lessens the chance of it not making the transfer from the long-haul flight to the short haul.

dawg1k

Yes, much better chance of no issues.

However, my problem is the airlines won't guarantee my bag or its contents will make it. One of my cases is a Pelican case that's padded, sealed, and locked. However, there's still the risk of it getting "lost" or some of the contents being "removed".

Which when you think about everyone's unwillingness to provide a guarantee (assuming contents are verified beforehand and proper packing is used), puts a big hole in all the security theater that goes on.

TRAVELSIG

Or simply that MUC has more automated boarding gates?

exbayern

Could be, but I just don't recall seeing as many people lurking around the gate area, trying to find victims of Baggage Excellence. At FRA sometimes I see a third body appear at the gate area sometimes before boarding, as if they are specifically tasked with the duty. I saw that again last week - someone came up and introduced herself to the other LH staff at the gate, then went to work seeking out victims (not a difficult job at all, in that instance)

totti

I flew VIE-FRA the other day and I wish they had enforced the NEK hand-luggage rules. Some Y pax had two large trolleys each of which exceeded to allowed luggage size and then started complaining that they could not find space for their stuff but were also not willing to put one bug under the seat in front of them.

The 8 kg wight limit is a pain though and does not make much sense IMHO.

JohnRain

I'm planning on taking a soft leather bag with the following dimensions: 55x24x31 cm with me as hand luggage on a LH long-haul flight (ex-FRA). It's a standard LV Keepall bag and I never had any problems with it on a plane. The 8 kg rule prevents me from making it look full, so do you think I will have a problem with it? (I know that the dimensions as specified by LH are 55x40x20), but the overall volume of my bag is well within that limit).

Thanks

Rustscheff

Compress it if asked. It will fit the limit

JohnRain

Thanks for your reply Rustscheff, I was thinking along the same lines.

Boraxo

This is a lot of BS. I have flown LH a few times in the past year (TATL and otherwise) and not once did anyone speak to me about my 22"x14"x8" carryon or my expanded laptop briefcase which goes on as well. The larger bag easily weights 40-50 lbs. Both fit easily in the overhead with room to spare and have never seen the bins close to full in business class. Nor have I ever had one of my bags accidentally fall out of the overhead in 30+ years of travel.

LH needs to read the riot act to the unions. Paid business class customers will not tolerate this nonsense.

Agree with all of that except for the 8 kilos part. I often need 20k for a weeklong trip. And I am happy to lift it into the overhead bin, so no backstrain for the FAs.

SuperFlyBoy

It is not nonsense.

LH Purser was flagging people left and right during boarding of one flight ex-EWR TATL on a A346.

I was in F, so ignored her and boarded after communicating this to another FA.

Further, if you are SEN or *G flying in Y, you can forget about taking a rollerboard on at CPH when flying LH metal...the FM there is cut-throat and singles out American-looking pax.