Wow, Janis, if I lived in your town, I would take that class!

Johanna

Janis wrote "You do not need bigger luggage for a longer trip - honest."
Maybe you do but others can pack more sensibley. No need to over pack. EVER!

By the way, Janis, I am in agreement with you! Remember though, to each his own!

janisj..

I never use larger than a 21"..so I don't take a larger bag for longer stays!

It is just the one checked bag and my laptop carry-on.....

My concern is the ripple effect this will have... like longer lines going through security and more people with carry-ons trying to find overhead space.

While those of us who carry on (to which I'm only about 50/50 in my traveling), think it won't effect us, once more people carry on, what happens when there is no more overhead space? Are you just out of luck?!

Will the next thing be pay $10 for early boarding so you can find room for your carry on?!

...and $25.00 for the 2nd checked bag....

It's just the beginning.

re: <<I don't check bags, so I don't mind NOT paying for something I don't want or won't use.>

Where are you going to put that carry-on bag when everyone else stops checking?

Where will I put the bag? I'll check it for $15!!!!!!!!! Hope I don't go bankrupt.

Perhaps someone can explain to me how to pack one bag for when I take my family skiing.

Karens,

You can do it with one 21" per person! Only 1 ski outfit. Other mix and match. Wear on plane any bulky items. You are the only one who will get tired of the few items. No one else will even notice!

Enjoy....

Yes, for clothing, but how about skis, helmets, boots, etc.

Karens..

Somehow I thought you were going to ask that!!

All the many years we skiied, we also lugged all our equipment. Before the days of all the charging for every little thing..and losing your luggage!

Have rentals of all this stuff improved enough that you do not have to take a lot of it with you? I'm not up on current equipment.

Joan

I can very easily pack for 5 days or 5 weeks in a carryon bag. But that's completely irrelevant to why I choose NOT to travel with just a carryon. It's not what I bring over, it's what I take back.

I'm heading off to Brussels for a week-end (via Eurostar) and even though it's just a short trip, I'm taking a 24" bag. I intend to bring back lots of things I can't get here in our neck of the UK.

My suitcase is always light as a feather going out and heavy as lead coming back.

Most planes simply don't have enough overhead storage for EVERYONE to bring a typical wheelie carry-on bag. I expect the new rules will cause some severe outbreaks of carryon rage. And what happens to people who are forced to gate check their carryons because there's no room left in overhead?

Re skiing, I am perfectly happy to rent skis, poles, sometimes even helmets. But for downhill skiing, I want my own boots. And a pair of ski boots will easily fill up a carryon, esp. if you wear a European size 45 boot like DH.

I think the most interesting comment about all this is that if you have a liquid medicine you must take, a prescription salve or lotion, or even a brand of special toothpaste, thanks to the carry on/liquids regulations, you MUST now pay $30 to transport that one article round trip!

Also assuming you are checking a decent suitcase, you will definitely be paying not $15, but $30 assuming you want to bring that suitcase home with you.

Guess not too many people remember the 50s 60s 70s and into the 80s where most regular folks couldn't even afford to fly at all, and the idea of "family flying" was totally out of the question. Flying now is a great deal!

If you are taking a laptop, that pretty well takes care of the carry-on..at least for a woman..or an "older" woman.

Last fall I did the laptop, with my purse stuck inside, and a 17" carry-on. That was pure h---, for me! In April I checked the 21" and did the laptop carry-on. That is what I plan to do in Sept. As long as I am checking one, I might as well take the 21". This gives me room for some purchases.

My prescriptions have always been all pills counted out an put in one single sandwich size ziplok and put in my purse. I have made a copy of the printed prescriptions and put in the bag. No one has ever been the least interested!

NP: &quot;<i> . . . . . liquid medicine you must take, a prescription salve or lotion, or even a brand of special toothpaste, thanks to the carry on/liquids regulations, you MUST now pay $30 to transport that one article round trip!</i>&quot;

Absolutely not true. Prescription liquid/gel meds and even some OTC products are not included in the 3-1-1 rule. Yes - they will be screened separately - but they <u>do not</u> have to fit in the same 1 qt zip lok baggie w/ the rest of your toiletries/liquids.

Sure I remember traveling in the 60s and 70s. I flew between New York and Chicago for $23 student standby. I'd just take a bus to the airport, walk up to the counter and buy a ticket for a flight that would be leaving within a half hour, walk to the gate and get on the plane. Full price was $46. There were footrests and mostly I'd have a row to myself. I could stand up between the rows. If I checked my luggage, it always got there, and it did not take long to wait for it. Just my experience.

I remember making $58.00 a week in 1970, so that would have been an expensive stand-by for me!!!!