Do you think 22" carry-ons will soon become obsolete?
Aug 17th, 2008, 07:46 AM
#21
As a luggage-checking person, I do always keep at least 1/2 outfit of clean clothes in my carry-on bag. I very seriously think when packing the carry-on, what are the necessities for 1-2 days if my suitcase were delayed.
Aug 17th, 2008, 07:54 AM
#22
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 877
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
God, I hope so! I am so sick of having my feet run over as I sit in my seat, hit in the head as some dwarf ties to lift 50 lbs overhead or not having a place to put my own little backpack because some rude SOB is bringing two weeks of clothes into the cabin. If you can't afford to pay a few extra bucks to check your bag maybe you shouldn't be on vacation. You ought to be working a second job instead.
Aug 17th, 2008, 08:23 AM
#25
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,334
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Zeus, the cost of checking has nothing to do w/our exclusive use of carry-ons. In 1992 when we arrived bleary-eyed at 3:00 am, having not slept for a single minute of the flt,---of course for the French it was 9:00 am, but I am not about to argue w/my internal clock---and then we waited almost 2 Hours!!! for our luggage to appear, well that was the last time we checked bags and we have never looked back!
Aug 17th, 2008, 08:27 AM
#26
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Like "Go Travel", we are travel addicts and luggage addicts (LOL) and have a variety of luggage. Interestingly enough, just this week I did an excel sheet for our luggage with weights and dimensions. The bags range from 8 lbs 3 oz to a weightlifter special tipping the scales at 11 lbs 14 oz. And this weekend we just ordered another bag that is suppose to weigh just 7 lbs for roll-on. For us the search for the perfect bags is an on-going quest.
Kind of like the search for the perfect cup of coffee…..but that is another forum.
Kind of like the search for the perfect cup of coffee…..but that is another forum.
Aug 17th, 2008, 08:43 AM
#27
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,598
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
<<This year I've seen too many people with 22" bags being forced to check them against their will, not because their bag is oversize, but because the flight is full.>>
I was forced to gatecheck my 19" carryon on a flight from Egypt. I don't think the soft-sided theory would work there. People had to part with fairly small backpacks too.
I am one of the those people who do not want to haul my suitcase all over an airport so I check my 24 or 25" bag weighing all of 25 to 30 pounds to the final destination -- no kitchen sink in there.
My next trip requires four flights with a four-hour layover in CDG -- no way would I take that trip with carryon only. I would consider it if I were able to have one flight from my home airport to my destination.
I was forced to gatecheck my 19" carryon on a flight from Egypt. I don't think the soft-sided theory would work there. People had to part with fairly small backpacks too.
I am one of the those people who do not want to haul my suitcase all over an airport so I check my 24 or 25" bag weighing all of 25 to 30 pounds to the final destination -- no kitchen sink in there.
My next trip requires four flights with a four-hour layover in CDG -- no way would I take that trip with carryon only. I would consider it if I were able to have one flight from my home airport to my destination.
Aug 17th, 2008, 08:47 AM
#28
I think I might say just the opposite... For a single flight, I'd more trust the airline to get my luggage there checked thru. With 4 different flights(!) that might cause me to consider carry-on only.
Aug 17th, 2008, 09:06 AM
#29
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,598
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
>>With 4 different flights(!) that might cause me to consider carry-on only.>>
Suze,
I understand your point but I don't want to haul a fully packed carryon from one end to the other of two airports to make connecting flights. I've been doing this for years and (knock on wood) have always found my checked luggage at my final destination.
I hedge my bet by packing a change of clothes and extra shoes in my carryon (lightweight so I can move fast).
Another factor is delayed flights -- I've had to run through both Hartsfield and JFK and had to walk very fast through CDG (and walk up a flight of stairs) to make connecting flights and would not have been able to do it hauling a carryon.
Suze,
I understand your point but I don't want to haul a fully packed carryon from one end to the other of two airports to make connecting flights. I've been doing this for years and (knock on wood) have always found my checked luggage at my final destination.
I hedge my bet by packing a change of clothes and extra shoes in my carryon (lightweight so I can move fast).
Another factor is delayed flights -- I've had to run through both Hartsfield and JFK and had to walk very fast through CDG (and walk up a flight of stairs) to make connecting flights and would not have been able to do it hauling a carryon.
Aug 17th, 2008, 09:09 AM
#30
tuscan,
Was the bag you saw the Heys FlyLite Hybrid 20" in this set?:
http://shop.heys.ca/ProductDetails.a...ctCode=FlyLite
Was the bag you saw the Heys FlyLite Hybrid 20" in this set?:
http://shop.heys.ca/ProductDetails.a...ctCode=FlyLite
Aug 17th, 2008, 10:44 AM
#32
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 13,812
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Socialworker...I TOTALLY understand what you are saying. I've had that experience more than once.
Plus, if the airlines didn't lose luggage the way that I've experienced mine being lost over 3-plus decades, of international flights, then I'd check my carry-on suitcase,too.
When I first took off on my solo trip to S.E.Asia back in the late 90s, I left L.A. with one 22-inch carry-on suitcase and a canvas bookbag. This was for a 3-week journey through 3 countries and 4-5 places. I was able to do it because I was traveling through hot countries...lighter clothes. And I packed mostly my Ex-officio clothes which are very lightweight.
When my mom came to pick me up and drive me to the airport, she couldn't believe that that's all I had packed. She asked where the rest of my luggage was.
I wasn't about to check my carry-on suitcase if I didn't have to. What if it had gotten lost....then what? And it's not easy to replace clothes in S.E.Asia if you're a westerner that is usually not the size/height of the native population. I've been going there almost annually since that first trip and I have my clothes custom made in Bangkok so that I don't end up with too short sleeves, skirt lengths, etc.
Plus, if my luggage had been lost, while in transit, to another country or area, then what would I have done...held up my vacation searching for luggage?
Once when I flew to Europe, I had to overnight, for a night in Paris before going on to Danmark to a friend's wedding. I've vacationed in that country, almost annually for 20-plus years so I know it well. I would not want to have to replace clothing at those high prices if luggage were lost.
When I got to Paris, my suitcase hadn't arrived. I was assured it would be delivered to the hotel the same day. As the hotel manager is a close friend, he said he'd look out for it, so that I wouldn't have to waste my whole day dealing with a missing suitcase situation. I had things to get done in Paris the one day that I would be there.
Well, the suitcase never arrived and the next day I had to fly on to Copenhagen on another airline. Where was my suitcase? Customer service, in Paris, could have cared less. So, I went to the airport, early, and got back into the baggage claim area, this was years before all of the security stuff. There was a sea of suitcases on the floor. And there was my suitcase, sitting there in the sea of unattended luggage. Remember, it was supposed to have arrived the day before.
I picked it up, went over to a customer service person to inform her that I had found my lost suitcase. She was totally unmoved and didn't even respond. I could have been leaving with anyone's luggage.
I picked up my suitcase and left to transfer to another part of the airport and catch my SAS flight to Copenhagen. Had I not had my 22-inch carry-on suitcase, I would have had nothing in Paris and could have had nothing in Copenhagen had I not been so persistent to find my suitcase on my own.
One of the worst luggage situations was on a flight into Brussels. I arrived to Brussels, but my checked suitcase didn't. My Beligian friends were at the airport excitedly awaiting my arrival since I hadn't seen them in many years. It was an Easter weekend and my friend had arranged for his brother to make a special Easter lunch for me at his brother's seaside house. I was very excited as his brother was the head chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant. I remember how hard he had worked going through culinary school.
So, after standing in the customer service line, for nearly an hour, I finally left the customs area and when the door opened my friends were standing there with the video camera taping my arrival and wondering what the heck had happened since nearly everyone in that area had left.
We went back to their house and my friend's wife called the airline and asked where my suitcase was. Well, the response that she got was, "Do you think that is the only lost luggage we have....we have a lot of lost luggage!" Unbelievable.
She then told them to deliver the suitcase and leave it on the patio in their back yard as we had to get to our pre-Easter lunch. They refused...said I had to sign for it. So, we waited and waited and waited and it came very late that evening and we couldn't get to my friend's brother's house for Easter lunch. I had to leave the next day, by train to Paris. I was flying into Brussels and out of Paris on that trip.
On that trip I couldn't get everything into a carry-on suitcase and needed to check one suitcase.
So, I will fight to the end to keep my carry-on suitcase on me so that I'm guaranteed to at least end up with something on me when I get to my destination! Happy Travels!
Plus, if the airlines didn't lose luggage the way that I've experienced mine being lost over 3-plus decades, of international flights, then I'd check my carry-on suitcase,too.
When I first took off on my solo trip to S.E.Asia back in the late 90s, I left L.A. with one 22-inch carry-on suitcase and a canvas bookbag. This was for a 3-week journey through 3 countries and 4-5 places. I was able to do it because I was traveling through hot countries...lighter clothes. And I packed mostly my Ex-officio clothes which are very lightweight.
When my mom came to pick me up and drive me to the airport, she couldn't believe that that's all I had packed. She asked where the rest of my luggage was.
I wasn't about to check my carry-on suitcase if I didn't have to. What if it had gotten lost....then what? And it's not easy to replace clothes in S.E.Asia if you're a westerner that is usually not the size/height of the native population. I've been going there almost annually since that first trip and I have my clothes custom made in Bangkok so that I don't end up with too short sleeves, skirt lengths, etc.
Plus, if my luggage had been lost, while in transit, to another country or area, then what would I have done...held up my vacation searching for luggage?
Once when I flew to Europe, I had to overnight, for a night in Paris before going on to Danmark to a friend's wedding. I've vacationed in that country, almost annually for 20-plus years so I know it well. I would not want to have to replace clothing at those high prices if luggage were lost.
When I got to Paris, my suitcase hadn't arrived. I was assured it would be delivered to the hotel the same day. As the hotel manager is a close friend, he said he'd look out for it, so that I wouldn't have to waste my whole day dealing with a missing suitcase situation. I had things to get done in Paris the one day that I would be there.
Well, the suitcase never arrived and the next day I had to fly on to Copenhagen on another airline. Where was my suitcase? Customer service, in Paris, could have cared less. So, I went to the airport, early, and got back into the baggage claim area, this was years before all of the security stuff. There was a sea of suitcases on the floor. And there was my suitcase, sitting there in the sea of unattended luggage. Remember, it was supposed to have arrived the day before.
I picked it up, went over to a customer service person to inform her that I had found my lost suitcase. She was totally unmoved and didn't even respond. I could have been leaving with anyone's luggage.
I picked up my suitcase and left to transfer to another part of the airport and catch my SAS flight to Copenhagen. Had I not had my 22-inch carry-on suitcase, I would have had nothing in Paris and could have had nothing in Copenhagen had I not been so persistent to find my suitcase on my own.
One of the worst luggage situations was on a flight into Brussels. I arrived to Brussels, but my checked suitcase didn't. My Beligian friends were at the airport excitedly awaiting my arrival since I hadn't seen them in many years. It was an Easter weekend and my friend had arranged for his brother to make a special Easter lunch for me at his brother's seaside house. I was very excited as his brother was the head chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant. I remember how hard he had worked going through culinary school.
So, after standing in the customer service line, for nearly an hour, I finally left the customs area and when the door opened my friends were standing there with the video camera taping my arrival and wondering what the heck had happened since nearly everyone in that area had left.
We went back to their house and my friend's wife called the airline and asked where my suitcase was. Well, the response that she got was, "Do you think that is the only lost luggage we have....we have a lot of lost luggage!" Unbelievable.
She then told them to deliver the suitcase and leave it on the patio in their back yard as we had to get to our pre-Easter lunch. They refused...said I had to sign for it. So, we waited and waited and waited and it came very late that evening and we couldn't get to my friend's brother's house for Easter lunch. I had to leave the next day, by train to Paris. I was flying into Brussels and out of Paris on that trip.
On that trip I couldn't get everything into a carry-on suitcase and needed to check one suitcase.
So, I will fight to the end to keep my carry-on suitcase on me so that I'm guaranteed to at least end up with something on me when I get to my destination! Happy Travels!
Aug 17th, 2008, 12:03 PM
#33
Guest
Posts: n/a
A colleague and I were traveling from Myrtle Beach to Boston for a golf show.
She flew Spirit because it was a direct point to point flight and she had a lot of materials with her and didn't want to chance losing her luggage.
Spirit airlines lost her luggage on a direct flight! They never found it.
She flew Spirit because it was a direct point to point flight and she had a lot of materials with her and didn't want to chance losing her luggage.
Spirit airlines lost her luggage on a direct flight! They never found it.
Aug 17th, 2008, 01:40 PM
#35
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 14,748
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I just went back and read through this thread. I am also one who doesn't check luggage because of lost luggage situations and not because of cost. We mostly fly internationally anyway, and there isn't a fee, yet.
This past May, the luggage area at Dulles was so hideous and so many people had lost bags... it was a nightmare.
Many, many people missed connections due to this situation, and we were among them.
This past May, the luggage area at Dulles was so hideous and so many people had lost bags... it was a nightmare.
Many, many people missed connections due to this situation, and we were among them.
Aug 17th, 2008, 02:20 PM
#36
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 16,658
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I am not going to check my bag - with the re-routing of my flight with dd - we have to change planes and I am too fearful - we are moving out of London in 24 hours and it could just turn into a nightmare of trying to get our bags if they loose them.
Aug 17th, 2008, 03:41 PM
#37
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 12,188
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
One significant advantage of not checking luggage is that it makes accommodating to changed and cancelled and standby flight plans a lot easier. For example, on United, they are quite generous with allowing you to take an earlier flight than you have booked, on a standby basis, but it becomes more complicated if you have checked lugggage.
Aug 17th, 2008, 04:33 PM
#39
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,129
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I don't think 22" will be obselete anytime soon. 3 22" can fit in seach overhead compartment of the plane.
I'm always on the lookout for a 22". I think I might go out after work tomorrow and begin my search...
I'm always on the lookout for a 22". I think I might go out after work tomorrow and begin my search...
Aug 17th, 2008, 08:52 PM
#40
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 13,812
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Willtravel....That's very true. I was on a red-eye flight from L.A. to Boston and there was an elderly woman who really looked exhausted. The plane had been overbooked, but she really wanted to get on that flight.
I was on my way to the annual Boston GTG and only had a weekend, but gave up my seat to her. I only had a 22-inch carry-on suitcase. No one else would budge. I was put up in a hotel and about 7 hours later went on to Boston on a non-stop flight.
Instead of arriving on a Friday morning, I arrived on a Friday evening and the GTG was on Saturday morning. So, I had one day, and then flew back to L.A. around 7:30 AM on Sunday morning. I was given a $300 or $400 voucher which I used, I think, for a flight to the Honolulu GTG! Happy Travels!
I was on my way to the annual Boston GTG and only had a weekend, but gave up my seat to her. I only had a 22-inch carry-on suitcase. No one else would budge. I was put up in a hotel and about 7 hours later went on to Boston on a non-stop flight.
Instead of arriving on a Friday morning, I arrived on a Friday evening and the GTG was on Saturday morning. So, I had one day, and then flew back to L.A. around 7:30 AM on Sunday morning. I was given a $300 or $400 voucher which I used, I think, for a flight to the Honolulu GTG! Happy Travels!
