Spirit underseat luggage-Ciao bag fits
Aug 1, 2014, 8:41 am
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Spirit underseat luggage-Ciao bag fits
Hello-
I've been a Flyertalk member for a while, very grateful for all the useful info I have gotten from everyone. This is my first post, hope it is helpful to those interested.
The Ciao Under the Seat rolling luggage bag ($29.99 at Costco) appears to qualify for the Spirit free personal carry-on item.
I did this experiment yesterday evening at Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) using the luggage sizer at the Spirit ticket counter located in Terminal 3.
I had to put the bag in lengthwise with the wheels to the left side. I also had to "hook" the wheels around some of the metal frame inside the sizer, i.e., I couldn't just slip it right down into the sizer. But this took very little effort to do.
Also, my Ciao bag was [U]totally empty[U], and it fit with little room to spare. So use caution and don't overstuff your bag, as it might not fit.
Finally, a very nice Spirit ticket agent observed what I was doing (he was curious that I was taking pictures)and I asked him, "is this bag okay?'" and he gave me a thumbs up. I have read that other travelers have been given a hard time by Spirit gate agents for bringing any kind of roller luggage bag on for the free personal item. So again, advise caution, the demeanor and vigilance of Spirit gate agents at boarding are highly variable.
I actually have pictures that I can post (visual proof!), but I can't figure out how to upload them to this message-the "insert image" requires a website address, not sure how I to transfer them from my desktop.
Happy travels!
I've been a Flyertalk member for a while, very grateful for all the useful info I have gotten from everyone. This is my first post, hope it is helpful to those interested.
The Ciao Under the Seat rolling luggage bag ($29.99 at Costco) appears to qualify for the Spirit free personal carry-on item.
I did this experiment yesterday evening at Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) using the luggage sizer at the Spirit ticket counter located in Terminal 3.
I had to put the bag in lengthwise with the wheels to the left side. I also had to "hook" the wheels around some of the metal frame inside the sizer, i.e., I couldn't just slip it right down into the sizer. But this took very little effort to do.
Also, my Ciao bag was [U]totally empty[U], and it fit with little room to spare. So use caution and don't overstuff your bag, as it might not fit.
Finally, a very nice Spirit ticket agent observed what I was doing (he was curious that I was taking pictures)and I asked him, "is this bag okay?'" and he gave me a thumbs up. I have read that other travelers have been given a hard time by Spirit gate agents for bringing any kind of roller luggage bag on for the free personal item. So again, advise caution, the demeanor and vigilance of Spirit gate agents at boarding are highly variable.
I actually have pictures that I can post (visual proof!), but I can't figure out how to upload them to this message-the "insert image" requires a website address, not sure how I to transfer them from my desktop.
Happy travels!
Caio we go