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And this is news? I routinely go on 2-3 week trips with nothing but one carry on and one laptop bag.

cstross 16y ago
Consider yourself lucky -- you must live in a nation that doesn't strictly enforce the "one carry-on item" rule (and yes, handbags or laptop bags count as a separate item of luggage, so the whole lot has to go in your carry on before processing through Security).
- ComputerGuru 16y ago
  Where do you live? I just came back from a Saudi-Jordan-Canada-USA trip with a backpack and a DSLR in a separate camera pack and a bag of food as my carry-on on some very crowded and over-booked flights. (EDIT: Backpack not Backup... damn computer terminology!!!)
- warfangle 16y ago
  Most airlines I know of allow a carry-on and one personal item (purse, laptop bag, backpack). Where do you live that you can only bring one item with you on the plane?
  - cstross 16y ago
    The UK. Where, after the liquid bombing thing, they not only brought in the 3 x 100ml of liquid rule, they insisted that passengers only carry ONE bag through security (because ramping up to actually check each bag properly was taking too long). This isn't the airlines, it's the government. There is no work-around and it's a rule they've relaxed only at a handful of airports with additional screening equipment. Beware -- if you visit the UK, you may well only be allowed to take a single carry-on item when you fly out again!
    - gaius 16y ago
      1 carry-on + 1 camera bag was OK at LHR, last month at least.
      - cstross 16y ago
        LHR is one of the few hubs where they installed extra securiy screening. I live in Edinburgh; EDI is still enforcing the one-bag-only rule, as are the other airports I've flown through in the past year (I avoid the British hubs wherever possible).
    - impeachgod 16y ago
      I do not go to the UK; as a Vietnamese citizen, I need to have a "transit visa" even if I have a two-hour layover. The laws in the UK are especially ridiculous.

Consider yourself lucky -- you must live in a nation that doesn't strictly enforce the "one carry-on item" rule (and yes, handbags or laptop bags count as a separate item of luggage, so the whole lot has to go in your carry on before processing through Security).

ComputerGuru 16y ago
Where do you live? I just came back from a Saudi-Jordan-Canada-USA trip with a backpack and a DSLR in a separate camera pack and a bag of food as my carry-on on some very crowded and over-booked flights. (EDIT: Backpack not Backup... damn computer terminology!!!)
warfangle 16y ago
Most airlines I know of allow a carry-on and one personal item (purse, laptop bag, backpack). Where do you live that you can only bring one item with you on the plane?
- cstross 16y ago
  The UK. Where, after the liquid bombing thing, they not only brought in the 3 x 100ml of liquid rule, they insisted that passengers only carry ONE bag through security (because ramping up to actually check each bag properly was taking too long). This isn't the airlines, it's the government. There is no work-around and it's a rule they've relaxed only at a handful of airports with additional screening equipment. Beware -- if you visit the UK, you may well only be allowed to take a single carry-on item when you fly out again!
  - gaius 16y ago
    1 carry-on + 1 camera bag was OK at LHR, last month at least.
    - cstross 16y ago
      LHR is one of the few hubs where they installed extra securiy screening. I live in Edinburgh; EDI is still enforcing the one-bag-only rule, as are the other airports I've flown through in the past year (I avoid the British hubs wherever possible).
  - impeachgod 16y ago
    I do not go to the UK; as a Vietnamese citizen, I need to have a "transit visa" even if I have a two-hour layover. The laws in the UK are especially ridiculous.