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Luggage TOTD
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:45 am
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:45 am
So my old rolling suitcase died recently and I purchased what I thought was a properly sized bag. I measured it at home and it's actually 23" tall and the max is usually 22". I'm quite positive I"ve seen larger bags not get checked on every flight I've been on the past few years, but I come to the OT, experts in everything, for reassurance that it won't be a big deal OR to call me an idiot and remind me that rules are there for a reason.
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Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:46 am to SlowFlowPro
You are an idiot and it won’t be a big deal
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:46 am to SlowFlowPro
Get ready to live a life of endless gate checks and rerouted bags you habitual baggage linestepper.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:53 am to SlowFlowPro
if you get a power-tripping gate agent she will make you out it in that metal size checker…at worst you just gate check it right there
you will be fine 99% of the time
you will be fine 99% of the time
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:53 am to SlowFlowPro
Sounds like a business opportunity. Sell those soft measuring tapes like tailors use for measuring shirt sleeves, pants legs, etc. but alter the spacing of the inches ever so slightly but enough so that 23” shows as 22”. They might argue that your bag doesn’t fit in their little cage/box thing but you’ve got a measuring tape to show the box was built wrong.
There might even be a market for a tape that makes 4” look like 8”.
No one questions a tape measure.
There might even be a market for a tape that makes 4” look like 8”.
No one questions a tape measure.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 7:56 am to SlowFlowPro
Smaller jets may make you gate check it. Larger ones you’ll be fine.
However if it becomes a problem, order a smaller one.
However if it becomes a problem, order a smaller one.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:15 am to Bullfrog
I got a European sized one. Solves everything.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:18 am to SlowFlowPro
not a problem unless you fly on spirit
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:18 am to Teddy Ruxpin
So it comes in centimeters instead of inches?
Clever!
Clever!
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:22 am to SlowFlowPro
Pack a handgun and they will forget all about that extra inch.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:22 am to SlowFlowPro
You’ll be fine until you’re not.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 9:52 am to SlowFlowPro
That extra inch is important. TWSS.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 10:48 am to SlowFlowPro
I would go to a small airport at a time that it is not busy and simply see if you can fit it in their little sizing gauge. Pay particular attention to what will happen when you overstuff it with clothes. If it won’t fit in the rack I wouldn’t keep it.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 10:57 am to BobABooey
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There might even be a market for a tape that makes 4” look like 8”.
I'd buy one.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 11:05 am to SlowFlowPro
I travel most weeks and I've been using one of these for 15 years. Multiple continents and month-long stints. The attraction is that when you have to reroute or change flights last minute, you can jam it under virtually any seat in front of you, no gate check required. Also goes up steps and escalators, no wheels problems.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 11:12 am to fightin tigers
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Get ready to live a life of endless gate checks and rerouted bags you habitual baggage linestepper.
Not true. It's got to be huge for them to even check it.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 11:16 am to SlowFlowPro
I have never ever seen them use that sizing jig thingy slows down boarding
Posted on 10/24/21 at 11:58 am to Cracker
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I have never ever seen them use that sizing jig thingy slows down boarding
Last trip I had, leaving Tampa, I saw it. It was quite the confrontation as well. The passenger looked like she was about to create a Worldstar video (she was an old white lady who was losing. her. shite.)
Posted on 10/24/21 at 12:28 pm to SlowFlowPro
I don't know what the poors do with oversized bags, I can bring whatever size luggage I want on my jet.
Posted on 10/24/21 at 1:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
Mystery Ranch Wheelie. Indestructible and made by a legend in the pack/bag industry.
Own a ton of his stuff.
Own a ton of his stuff.
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