Sneaky passengers and the overhead bin.....
Nov 6, 2014, 9:58 am
#46
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IMO, that's not "a bit dickish", that's totally dickish. I think it's fine for one to ask the FA to rearrange things if they aren't put in the overhead correctly, but it's totally unacceptable to take matters in your own hands and have someone else's bag checked. Especially all based on ANOTHER passenger's statement or speculation.
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Nov 6, 2014, 10:00 am
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I did tell the FA that it was NOT my bag. She just went ahead and gate-checked it. What else was I supposed to do? I really had no idea whose bag it was. Not my responsibility to figure out whose bag it was. I think the FA knew it belonged to someone in coach but she just didn't feel like making an announcement. It was a dickish move on her part.(wait, can a woman be dickish or is that not PC? )
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Nov 6, 2014, 10:17 am
#48
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Me: can you gate check this, please?
FA: sure thing, this yours?
Me: have no idea whose it is, but it's in MY overhead bin.
FA: ok. (looked around people in first class and seeing no objections)
Me: Thanks! (putting my own bag in the overhead)
(not that it has anything to do with this thread, but the FA was probably the hottest FA I've encountered in the last several years... so hot that I couldn't get her out of my mind even when I'm in bed with my old ball and chain)
Nov 6, 2014, 10:21 am
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for the record, this is how it went down...
Me: can you gate check this, please?
FA: sure thing, this yours?
Me: have no idea whose it is, but it's in MY overhead bin.
FA: ok. (looked around people in first class and seeing no objections)
Me: Thanks! (putting my own bag in the overhead)
(not that it has anything to do with this thread, but the FA was probably the hottest FA I've encountered in the last several years)
Me: can you gate check this, please?
FA: sure thing, this yours?
Me: have no idea whose it is, but it's in MY overhead bin.
FA: ok. (looked around people in first class and seeing no objections)
Me: Thanks! (putting my own bag in the overhead)
(not that it has anything to do with this thread, but the FA was probably the hottest FA I've encountered in the last several years)
Nov 6, 2014, 10:44 am
#50
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Agreed. Someone pulled that with my bag once -- except that the bag wasn't oversized. It just didn't fit once the other passenger had turned it to make space for his bag. They ended up moving my little roller up to the front of the plane, leaving me to spend the flight wondering if anyone was rifling through it.
Lesson learned: Watch your carry-on like a hawk until everyone's on board and the overhead lockers are all closed up.
Lesson learned: Watch your carry-on like a hawk until everyone's on board and the overhead lockers are all closed up.
Nov 6, 2014, 11:19 am
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An even better lesson would be to keep your valuables on your body if possible or in a bag under the seat in front of you if not possible (laptop, etc). Call me paranoid, but I never have anything of significant value (jewelry, cash, passport, etc) in a bag that is sitting in the overhead bin.
Nov 6, 2014, 12:43 pm
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Yup. I would have no problems with turning the bag pointing out unless I was in a seat with an extra-small bin. If it doesn't fit, too bad.
Nov 6, 2014, 1:07 pm
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Why would someone with a bag that complies with all sizing regulations, that puts a bag into the overhead the only way it will fit, be in the wrong? Something can't be "supposed to fit" in a way that it just doesn't. Many, many overhead bins do not fit regulation-sized bags.
Nov 6, 2014, 2:02 pm
#54
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or is that only pacticed on Japanese airlines?
Last edited by TENYKS; Nov 6, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Nov 6, 2014, 2:16 pm
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Unless the bin has a label that states the storage is exclusively for the seats in my row, I have to assume it's a free-for-all (within my purchased class, anyway).
Nov 6, 2014, 3:33 pm
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Nov 6, 2014, 7:06 pm
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for the record, this is how it went down...
Me: can you gate check this, please?
FA: sure thing, this yours?
Me: have no idea whose it is, but it's in MY overhead bin.
FA: ok. (looked around people in first class and seeing no objections)
Me: Thanks! (putting my own bag in the overhead)
(not that it has anything to do with this thread, but the FA was probably the hottest FA I've encountered in the last several years... so hot that I couldn't get her out of my mind even when I'm in bed with my old ball and chain)
Me: can you gate check this, please?
FA: sure thing, this yours?
Me: have no idea whose it is, but it's in MY overhead bin.
FA: ok. (looked around people in first class and seeing no objections)
Me: Thanks! (putting my own bag in the overhead)
(not that it has anything to do with this thread, but the FA was probably the hottest FA I've encountered in the last several years... so hot that I couldn't get her out of my mind even when I'm in bed with my old ball and chain)
Pretty disgusting and insulting side comment about your wife, too.
I'm sure your wife would be proud to read it.DYKWIA to the max. I don't see why you would tell such stories on yourself.
In a word, no.
Last edited by Doc Savage; Nov 6, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Nov 6, 2014, 7:39 pm
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Most of the folks here subscribe to the "shared space" idea, and many LCCs announce the same when boarding. Airlines with designated classes will normally, via announcement or signage, indicate that overhead storage in a given class is exclusive to that class.
Unless the bin has a label that states the storage is exclusively for the seats in my row, I have to assume it's a free-for-all (within my purchased class, anyway).
Unless the bin has a label that states the storage is exclusively for the seats in my row, I have to assume it's a free-for-all (within my purchased class, anyway).