People travelling with take on suitcases .

foxie48 oh I totally agree on the height - width - weight ratio.

Whenever travelling on a budget airline I book an aisle seat, and if DH is with me we have two aisle seats.

I dislike that squashed feeling, and some people have dubious personal hygiene…

I think the reason is to do with the weight balance Foxie48, so it's fine for the additional weight to be sitting in the chair, but not in the overhead bin?

DH is not fat, but is built like a rugby player. It's his arms and legs that should be paying for extra space, they just don't fit!

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When I go away with DD2, we check everything in for the hold and just take our cross body bags and her special wheelchair cushion into the cabin. On the BA New York flight, people were lugging huge cases on to go in the overheads, to save money. On Monday’s flight, My Sis-in-Law and I were asked to move seats (tactfully - as there was no-one seated in the aisle seat on our row) to let a very, very overweight couple have our row to themselves. They’d booked the emergency exit seats to get extra leg room, perhaps not realizing their size would be a safety issue! We sat behind them - they took up all 3 seats in row 14 and couldn’t get the armrests down. Maybe there is a case for an extra charge?

I entirely agree foxie48

If people can't afford to check a bag into the hold they shouldn't be travelling.

Grantanow

If people can't afford to check a bag into the hold they shouldn't be travelling.

A bit harsh. I agree that the overhead locker debacle is ridiculous but it is airlines that are to blame, they want to charge inflated prices for everything, bags, seats etc rather than one price for it all, therefore they end up getting more money, not less, from economy travellers. Passenger comfort is simply not considered. Have never encountered such a hostile money grabbing form of transport, is hardly any wonder passengers behave so badly.
Unless people can afford first class or business class travel with a top notch airline am afraid is dog eat dog, and am glad we have given up on airline travel now.

Grantanow

If people can't afford to check a bag into the hold they shouldn't be travelling.

That's a bit judgemental, is it not? There can be many reasons why someone might prefer to just travel with a carry-on bag. And not everyone is travelling for pleasure.

Grantanow

If people can't afford to check a bag into the hold they shouldn't be travelling.

So now we should also be discriminating against shorter, poorer people! Perhaps if we are going to start that we should say that anyone over a certain weight or girth, should pay for business class and if they can't afford to do that, then they shouldn't be travelling?

As I have probably already said in this thread somewhere, I always check my bag in and just have my handbag with me in the airport and on the flight. I usually don't have to wait for the case to come through on the carousel; the luggage is just coming out when I have been through passport control.

Yesterday was an exception though. At our tiny local airport it seemed that several flights were landing about the same time and they presumably only have one cart to transport the cases from the planes to the terminal, so although I was first through the passport cbeck, I had to wait a good while for my case. My poor DH had already been waiting a while over on the "other side" to pick me up, and had to pay for an hour of parking

In case anyone is wondering, I do have a toothbrush and a spare pair of knickers in my handbag in case my suitcase does get lost, but as long as I have my phone, passport and purse, I don't need anything else on the journey.

Grantanow

If people can't afford to check a bag into the hold they shouldn't be travelling.

How ridiculous!

I can assure you it’s nothing to do with cost.

Anything over a couple of hours I fly business class.

It is for speed both ends. I left my office 45 minutes before my flight Monday, straight through to boarding, 21/2 flight straight out the other side and to my friend home just over 41/2 hours in all. This is from our small local airport.

Definitely yes. It’s no one’s job but your own to manage your bags. BA’s cabin allowance is ridiculously high and very much an outlier.
I flew twice with them last week with checked baggage and an underseat bag.
But I think the same about checked baggage; I have a horror of being the woman who can’t control her bags. I flew to Central Asia recently and even my checked bag only weighed 13 kg - meant I could lift it off the carousel and on/off trains.

It annoys me when you get on a train and the floor level luggage rack is full with small carry on bags and I'm some how expected to get my 20kg suitcase onto a shelf. I usually move the smaller bags onto the shelf to make room. I guess it's just thoughtlessness really.
Bab03 - we were on an Air France flight recently and no alcohol was served - and it was a great flight.

I'm seeing a business opportunity here.

That I have full suitcases waiting at popular airports with a week's supply of clothing, swimwear etc that the passenger picks up, in their size, on arrival. Just return it on their way back, no need for any luggage either way.

SueDonim

British Airways has a 23k weight limit on cabin bags. 23kilo!! Who could lift that into an overhead locker? And what would it consist of, to be so heavy in a small bag? Gold ingots, maybe. 🤔

I’m sorry your friend’s had an accident.

Thought it was about 10 kilos- 23 would surely have to go in the hold. I wouldn’t imagine 23kilos would fit in those lockers.

Why could the person not take a small case down the steps themselves? I thought you meant just lifting it out overhead locker!

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