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The first paragraph of the article mentions that handbags, laptops, etc are still allowed on this discount fare. It’s the rollers for the overhead bins that th
by technothrasher 2y ago
The first paragraph of the article mentions that handbags, laptops, etc are still allowed on this discount fare. It’s the rollers for the overhead bins that they’re talking about.
- tonyarkles 2y agoYeah, I've been travelling a fair bit for work lately and I kind of get it. The majority of the flights I'm on are full and if they're not a Max 8 with the "rollers can sit vertically in the overhead bin" there's almost always a handful of people that have to gate check their carry-on. By offering an even lower fare class that doesn't allow carry-on at all, they eliminate the need to randomly choose/offer gate checking. It's kind of a... you've made the bed and now you have to lay in it situation though. I usually have an underseat bag with my tech stuff in it and a (regulation-sized) Pelican case with clothes or tools or both. I bring the Pelican case onboard with me because both Air Canada and WestJet have done an atrocious job of having my checked bags arrive on time. They've gotten better in the last few months but earlier this year I was keeping a tally: Air Canada had successfully gotten my bags to my destination and back 3/9 times and WestJet 1/4 times. On one trip I flew out on Sunday, my bags arrived at the hotel on Wednesday, I flew home on Thursday, and my bags arrived back home on Monday. I don't want to drag that case through 3-4 airports, but I also want to have clean underwear when I go to work on Monday...
- SoftTalker 2y agoCome on, be reasonable. You can just wash your underwear in the hotel sink.
- __turbobrew__ 2y agoI literally did this last month when flying air canada.