Food Bag now considered carry-on?
Jan 13, 2013, 10:05 am
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The policy actually says that food brought on board for in flight consumption is not included in the carry on limits. Bags of food that arent going to be consumed in flight are carry ons. Not necessarily saying that was the case here but it could be.
Jan 13, 2013, 10:06 am
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This is the key. If you would've just said okay, let the GA tag it, then not leave it at the bottom of the jetway, all this would've been avoided. I've had GAs at PHX say my bag was to big to fit in the over head on A319 (which I fly every week). It's a lot easier to just say okay and put it in an overhead than anything else.
Jan 13, 2013, 12:42 pm
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Flew back from HNL to SFO with carryon luggage for a long weekend once on a really cheap fare, and had a HNL UA GA unpleasantly try to nab me for a sandwich in a medium sized plastic grocery bag from the airport shop, claiming it was a third carry on after my rollaboard and small backpack. I told her it was my dinner, and ignored her.
Jan 13, 2013, 8:26 pm
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Jan 13, 2013, 9:20 pm
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I flew BOS-LGA two days ago with my carry-on, laptop backpack and a box of Mike's canolli!! Not a problem, except that everyone (from the TSA agent to the GA) wanted one!! 
Jan 14, 2013, 6:11 am
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Jan 15, 2013, 1:44 pm
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ah! you see you left that part out of the story! 
the way you told it it left it open for us to possibly draw the conclusion that this was payback. on the other hand, if it was all sorted because the person behind offered to switch, what was the need to know all about your wife being asked to move etc etc?
the way you told it it left it open for us to possibly draw the conclusion that this was payback. on the other hand, if it was all sorted because the person behind offered to switch, what was the need to know all about your wife being asked to move etc etc?
Jan 25, 2013, 12:24 am
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The gate agent saw me with my wife as she had indicated to him she didnt want to switch seats so he scanned her bp asked me to hold up while he dealt with family issue and when he resolved it scanned my bp and then told me i had to check my bag, I then indicated it was my wife's. He then said well it doesnt natter because he saw her walk on with a purse and bag of food and that was considered two items.
Jan 25, 2013, 8:54 pm
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I might know this guy, or his twin. [Remainder edited -- in a fit of weirdness, I thought it appropriate to thread hijack to post my own carry on story. Nevermind. Carry on. :0) ]
Last edited by lkar; Jan 25, 2013 at 9:09 pm