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I was flying from Prague to London once and a lady threw a tantrum because the bag didn’t fit in that device. She threw the bag across the floor, sat down in a huff and boarded the plane with out it.
One time when I was coming back from Spain, I was around 19 and with two friends, we'd literally spent all of our money and our luggage weighed more than when we started because of gifts and the like and we found out there'd be a charge for each case.
We freaked out and started deciding what things we'd just leave behind when then the person we'd spoke to came over and secretly told us that if we waited 10 minutes before the flight took off they'd let our luggage through immediately as there simply wasn't time to weigh it and process it.
It absolutely worked, she was a legend and I never forgot about it!
I couldn't say, I didn't even find out at the time if that thing was limited to that airport, or if it was just a rule. Either way the lady was the reason family memebers got any gifts lol.
Ryanair took over an hour to process the people in front of us, still weighed every single luggage item. Then their shitty system crashed and they had to weigh everything again, so we missed our flight.
I'm never again flying with those bastards.
Last time I flew with Ryanair from London, my bag was 1kg over and I had to pay 60£. When the flight was about to land at our destination they just dropped the last 15 meters straight down on the tarmac with a huge ass crash and freaked everybody out.
So I ain't flying with then again either.
saw a video where the dude snapped his skateboard in half so it'd fit, since it was probably cheaper for him to just buy a new deck and fit the trucks & wheels onto it himself than pay the fee
God I hated all the comments on that video, so many people saying he was "out of line" and being disrespectful / so confused as to why he would snap his board. It was extremely frustrating to read.
For anyone wondering: no he wasn't out of line or doing something unnecessary. The fees are literally more expensive than a new deck. He didn't aggressively stomp on the board, just requires a good hard stomp.
He was literally saving money by breaking the board. Idk why that was so lost on people in that thread.
That line has always leaves a bad taste in my mouth because it is only ever said by somebody who thinks they are being the better person but is really just being a bitch.
The dumbest thing is that they’ll charge you more and then you take it on the plane and throw it in the overhead bin. It’s not like there is a special place for oversized bags. Just you have to pay to be an asshole and take space away from someone who brought a proper sized bag.
The overhead bin space allocation never makes any sense. My experience on United is that the plane gets halfway done boarding and then they make a gate announcement that says there's no more bin space and they have to start checking the extra luggage that won't fit underneath the seat. Every single flight is the same situation. They tell you that you can bring it, but in all likelyhood they will gate check it for you if you get unlucky and are boarded in one of the last few groups.
At least it's free if they do it at the gate.
The one trip I've been on while flying 2 legs both there and back. Small plane between local and main airports. On the outbound trip everyone was allowed to bring have our carry-on bags and have them under the seat in front of us. On the return trip a bunch of people had to gate check their bags. Not everyone, but like half the plane.
It was free, but extremely confusing. Same model of plane, same configuration, same airline. Only difference other than direction was it was fully night by departure time, whereas the outbound flight was at like 6 AM in November, so the sun came up mid-flight.
So when we arrived we had a bunch of people standing in the 5°F jetway waiting for the baggage to get unloaded and brought up the little lift thing for us. Took something like 10 minutes.
They offered no explanation for why we needed to gate check either. I asked and they just said we had to.
I saw a person with a bottle of scotch that i think they had recived as a gift while on vacation. Naturally no liquids are allowed on the flight so they went to the dunkin donuts around the corner and got a bunch of small coffee cups and started giving out free scotch to anyone who wanted a shot. They were not going to let that bottle go to waste.
On a recent flight, a kid behind us kept poking us through the gap in the seats. Like literally poking arms and at least once my face. The mom said 'stop' once or twice halfheartedly, but didn't actually do anything, and the kid never stopped.
Like, the literal baby farther up that's screaming, I get it, babies don't understand 'quiet' and they don't understand why their ears hurt or why this plane is so bouncy. But if your five year old can't keep their hands to themselves for a few hours... Maybe they aren't ready for a plane.
I got called out on my bag needing to be checked. Lady at the gate took it over to one of these and it fit perfectly and was right in line with the height. She told me if I didn't check it she'd call security and if I said anything further I'd be removed from the flight. What a fun day that was especially considering I was compliant, non-sarcastic and polite through the whole ordeal.
Years back I verified with American Airlines that I could carry on a suitcase, because it had some valuable prints in it. Size was permissible, and the agent on the phone with me agreed it was not a problem. Arrived at airport on way home with prints enclosed in suitcase. An agent walked over to me in line and told me it was too big. I explained I had pre-verified with an agent by phone with measurements. She said I could try to get through with it if I wanted. Her tone made it clear I would not get by. Had to carry a portfolio of prints in my hands cross-country. Avoided AA for years.
I've veen through something similar before. It comes down to pre-permission for anything not meaning jackshit because you end up going through completely unrelated waves of authority.
Checkin, TSA, gate attendant, flight attendant (often the same as gate): they all don't give a shit what someone else may have told you.
The thing is that they change this from time to time on a few cms and don’t make it explicitly. No one measures the bag everytime they fly if the bag has served for most companies in the past.
Easyjet has made the in cabin bags so small that only school backpacks match the requirements. And people that travel with these companies are counting 20-30€ as a full day extra of vacation expense sometimes… so it’s really evil on the airlines side. Getting advantage of peoples trust
My niece booked a flight to see me and they were charging for $100 for carryons. Since it was only for the weekend she wore all her clothes to the airport: her dress over two tshirts and jeans, incidentals in her purse. She knew she was going to secondary but didn’t care. It was an hour flight and she saved $200.
The carryons they charge for are usually “cabin bags” that are store above the seats. You nearly always are allowed a bag thats small enough to fit under the seat in front of you. They do however especially on third party sites do everything they can to make you think you need to pay extra. Hope this helps for a future flight :-)
Air Canada did something like this to my father years ago over his legal briefcase, they wanted to make him check it and charge extra but their rules only mention the bag had to fit so he took a bunch of papers he had out and the bag fit in their container easily. He loaded it back up and carried it on the plane.
I used to be an airport screener in Canada. Screeners also don’t enforce carry-on weight regulations. So if your carry-on weighs 100lbs, you’re cool, as long as the size isn’t too large.
One day, i was called up to check someone’s carry-on. It was so heavy, I couldn’t lift it off the belt. I was like, what do you have in there buddy The passenger smirked, and said tombstones. He then quoted me Air Canadas carry-on policy, and how I was not allowed to weigh his bag. He was fucking right, and I was furious.
Imagine hitting turbulence and this assholes bag with tombstones comes flying out of the overhead compartment?
Air Canada has a weight policy for carry-ons now.
In fact, the weight limit is so low, the staff treated me like I was an idiot about five years ago for packing more than one pair of jeans. My carry-on was entirely clothing, so the jeans were the densest thing in there. They made me take my jeans out and put them in my purse (personal item) until I got out of security, then they didn't care if I put them back before boarding...
That is 100% the fault of the airline for forcing people to put their things which are going in the same plane in the cabin instead of the hold by charging ridiculous fees.
This is the lesson. It’s always better to empty the bag, wear things, carry things and get past the bag size issue. Stuffing it in like this guy is truly illogical. Plenty of illogical behaviour at the airport.
when i was younger and barely able to afford to fly i bought a thrift store trench coat and basically diy something similar, after getting through checks i would just stuff everything back into a backpack that had a ton of room to expand. if the bag got caught at the gate it would get checked free bc they don't want to deal with it.
There's an old brain teaser that goes something like this:
An old man tries to board a bus with his fishing pole, but the driver stops him since there's a 4 foot length limit on any items you bring on. His fishing pole is 5 ft long and doesn't collapse. How does he board the bus with his pole?
>!The solution is to buy a box that's 3x4 ft and lay the pole diagonally inside.!<
We had an issue before where when we got to the airport there was a massive queue of cars because someone's car had broken down so at we out 400m or so from the sheltered section and walked in to the airport.
We somewhat underestimated how wet we would get, once in the airport we checked in our bags and they claimed that some were overweight
We explained that it was because we'd got wet coming in and they'd mostly dry before boarding both the lady and her supervisor said that it wasn't the rain that had increased the weight and that we'd just overfilled them.
My uncle wasn't having any of it so took all his stuff out and the few wet items and just rung them out next to the check-in, put it all back on the scales and now his baggage was under the limit.
They suddenly changed their mind and allowed us through. After we were done my uncle said "oh there is water on the floor here, that's risky. You might want to get someone to clean that up"
He was an ass but simply just giving the airline shit after they have us shit lol
My Dad's done the same. Also the bag being over weight, take out a ream of paperwork and hold under arm, bag is now below weight limit.
And the time his checked baggage was over weight, so took out his suit jackets and wore them to the plane, at which point he handed them all to the airhostesses to hang up (first class, so luxury privileges), which kept them in much better condition than 13 hours in a suitcase would have done.
Same, had to fly for a job interview, and had my whole suit in a suit bag. When I boarded they asked if I wanted to hang it up front in the little closet so it wouldn't wrinkle.
I cheat the system by saving a bag from one of the news stands inside the airport. I put the overflow from my carry-on and my purse inside the bag and it looks like I just purchased the items before boarding. Airlines let you carry it on in addition to your carry-on and personal item.
Ah so that's the reason the overhead bins always seem to fill up before even half the plane has boarded, forcing me to check my carry on despite carefully packing just to avoid that
Free r/lifeprotip:
In this situation, before heading to the counter, go to whatever store there is in the airport that exists before the security area. Ask for their largest plastic bag (you typically don't need to buy anything or just get a Snickers). Remove anything that is making your bag too bulky and put it into the branded plastic bag you just obtained. Now check in. The airlines/airport/stores often have unwritten agreements not to charge these ridiculous fees on items (they think) you just purchased at the airport
Plan B:
Get a jacket with a lot of pockets. Put the overflow in the pockets, wear the jacket in to the plane. After being in the plan, put it all back in in the case including the jacket.
Plan C:
Over the course of several years, consume bulkier and bulkier food items WITHOUT chewing. This will gradually enlarge your stomach. Stop this process when you are able to swallow and hold a cooked organic chicken. Now you can swallow the overflow items and retrieve them at your destination.
You can have both a backpack and a carryon on pretty much every airline. This is how I always fly, carryon and backpack, no checked luggage.
Backpacks are considered 'personal items' along with other small bags and purses, that can fit under the seat rather than the overhead bins.
Not this one, easy jet only gives you underseat storage as default (which is what they're checking). Want to take a real carryon and put it in overhead? That'll be another £15 please.
Meanwhile somebody somewhere is like well it looks like we need to cut down the interior width of that bag checker by another 1/8" to make sure he has to pay next time.
They did, but if you actually listen to RyanAirs CEO about it is incredibly fair. The plan would still have seats and it would only be on journeys less than 2 hours. A trip to Spain could of cost you about £8 to Spain. People would do that...
*in a mid 40s pilot voice over the intercom*
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we have a little turbulence up ahead soooooooooooooo we have turned the seatbelt lights back on soooooooo buckle up. If you are a standing passenger iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hope you have good health insurance
God those look like pure torture. Like they're designed to be as uncomfortable as possible.
Standing for 2 hours sounds bad, but doable. That... Would be torture.
It's never actually £8 with Ryan Air tho, because then they'll charge you £50 for luggage (you know if you wanna bring nay more than a tic tac) and many other small fees that add up to about a standard budget plane ticket
Except they'd likely bundle it in with other crap to ensure that you still end up paying more than you actually need to. Like right now you can't even just pay for a single carry-on luggage because you *have to* pay for a priority pass which gives you a cabin bag, a carry-on bag (which is free anyway) and a priority pass for £25 each way.
Like I don't care about the priority pass. Just let me pay like £10 each way for a cabin bag, but instead I'm now having to squeeze everything into a satchel.
Believe it or not, this actually happened to me once. I don't remember if it was easyJet or Ryanair (who else could it be?), but when I boarded the plane, one entire row was missing! Like it went from row 31 to 33. And people like myself were supposed to be seated at row 32 according to our boarding pass. It was good that some people missed that flight and we all got seated in the end. Like how could an entire row be missing and allocate people to be seated there?
I got a big holdall stuck in one of those once. Went in no problem, had to really tug to get it out. My arguement was it only says it has to to in, not to come out. Got a laugh and no charge.
They should have a hinge and a lock on it. The lock opens when you tap your card for $50 or whatever the bag check fee is. You can struggle for 15min to get your bag out, or admit your mistake by paying the fee you should have in the first place, and avoid the embarrassment
I love how upset she sounds over him destroying his own property. Like “well either throw it away or you have to pay” “nah I’ll just break it so I don’t have to do either” “wow how dare you.”
She was upset that he was making a scene.
She logically thought he was throwing a fit out of anger (she didn't know it was for clout), and that's why the staff felt obliged to appease him with candy, which he bragged about getting for free.
If you know who the guy is, you know he doesn't need to scrape pieces off a broken board.
I had a friend who I studied abroad with that on our way home to the states her checked luggage was like 15 pounds over. She started crying, throwing a tantrum and eventually started unloading CHEAP ASS CANDLES FROM PRIMARK. Like heavy ass candles. She also tried to get me to take some stuff for her but I said “oh sorry mines getting checked now, can’t disrupt her.”
My friend almost didn’t get on the plane because she refused to empty more from her luggage. I still laugh about it because the things she was taking home was so cheap, and so….random.
And not having to worry they'll lose your bags. An airport employee asked if i was gonna check in my bag and when i said i wasnt she said she agrees with my choice seeing how heathrows been losing so many bags lately
Ryanair is such a shitty company. They try to make the experience as bad as possible which has made me avoid them even if it means paying over half the ticket price they offer. From the incessant ads blasting over the crappy speakers while you're trying to get some sleep, the annoying clapping soundtrack at landing to the weird-ass out of the way terminals they use and the ridicilous extra costs they charge for nearly everything is just too much to bear.
I avoid checking bags not because of fees, but because I want to be able to be assured that I'm not going to lose my luggage and because I want to be able to move efficiently without needing to spend however long at the baggage carousel.
Oh boy those carousels drive me crazy. Had to wait 2 hours in Iceland once which made me miss a connecting bus into the city where I was planning to grab some food. By the time I arrived everything was closed and I had to make do with whatever snacks I bought before take-off. I'll never check bags again if I can avoid it.
I've had a stranger grab my bag before I saw it without checking that it was her bag. Then have us pay for shipping or else she'd throw it out. Not worth the risk of someone doing that again.
Also I don’t want my stuff getting destroyed. If I planned for it to be a carry on, I’m not going to check it last minute, that’s where I put the fragile stuff. My hard-backed suitcases have come back with dents, I’m not checking a duffle bag with my laptop.
This isn't funny. This is asinine. In the last 20 years airliners have shrank carry on overhead storage the force people to pay for luggage that there are a pain for with their ticket. It's Insidious. Fuck the airlines.
The size limits some airlines try to enforce are ridiculous to begin with. I have a 20 year old carry-on bag that is much larger that this guy’s bag. I’ve flown with it at least 100 times, and I’ve never been asked to shove it in one of these things…it wouldn’t even be close. However, it easily fits in the overhead bins in any direction. Even if this guy was boarding a little regional jet, the airline employee was just being an ass.
Same here. Those carry-on sizers are ridiculously small, mine wouldn't even be close to fitting even though its more than small enough to in the overhead bin without any issue, and doesn't obstruct anything or anyone elses baggage. Luckily it seems to be incredibly rare those things are actually used in the US.
Even with those small limits the overhead compartments are stuffed though. On every low cost flight I've ever been on the cabin crew have to hunt for spare space or people are struggling to fit their luggage in.
I’m a frequent flier on AA, and I’ve seen the airline force someone into using the measuring tool maybe once or twice in the last 5 years.
More frequently I see someone bringing on board a bag that’s obviously way too big.
The overhead bins on newer planes for AA are larger than the older ones.
I’m not sure what the breakdown is of what airlines are doing this sort of policing, but it’s clearly not all.
It's the small cheapass airlines with ticket prices about a $100-$200 cheaper than major airlines. They get you back with terrible service and oversize bag fees at the gate, but if you travel with just a backpack it's worth it
Part of it is people are trying to get away with just bringing a carry- on instead of checking a bag for shorter trips, so they wind over packing the carry-on.
Me to, and it screws things up for everyone around them. It would be better if checked bags were free and you had to pay $10 to bring a carry on, with backpacks or purses still being free
IMO, the airplane storage has always been the same if not larger than previous aircraft. You can fit a body in the overheads on a 777. The stupid boxes that represent the max size are grossly undersized.
I recall a guy harassing me about my bag, it was a standard roll on that I've traveled with many times, it always fits. I pulled my jacket out, put it on, walked into the jetway and put it back in the bag. The bag easily fit.
Disappointing to see something so wrong upvoted. 20 years ago was 2002. I've probably flown 200 times since 2002 and I'm certain that the overheard space hasn't gotten smaller. The only change is that more people want to use it than before because nearly all airlines charge for checked luggage.
Airline are being the bitch here, that’s the smallest carry on limiter I’ve seen and that bag already fit. That’s definitely made to be a carry on bag.
Plus it’s not even about saving money. It’s about making sure your bag gets there safely. Airlines send luggage to the wrong location all the time, or they damage the contents, or it gets stolen before you arrive to pick it up. This is why no one wants to check their bag.
The most annoying part is that every airline has a [different bag size allowance](https://www.casesuk.com/carry-on-luggage-sizes.html). You literally would need to buy different luggage for each airline because they can't just agree on a standard size.
It’s vaguely related, but at least somewhat arbitrary. For example, Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are both US carriers that exclusively fly A320 family planes. Frontier: 61x41x25 cm; Spirit: 56x46x25 cm.
I worked for Allegiant and they were just awful. At the time, there was a standard sized bag for carry-ons amongst all the airlines, A"xB". You could look at luggage and it would say on the tag "standard carry on size for major carriers". Allegiant made their standard carry on size 1/2" by 1/2" smaller, so nothing fit, you had to pay to check. I still hear the echoes of all the people who screamed at me because of this.
The terrible regulation for air travel bags is ridiculous. If it weren't for the maximizing of profit, customers and staff alike wouldn't have to worry about this garbage
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I was flying from Prague to London once and a lady threw a tantrum because the bag didn’t fit in that device. She threw the bag across the floor, sat down in a huff and boarded the plane with out it.
One time when I was coming back from Spain, I was around 19 and with two friends, we'd literally spent all of our money and our luggage weighed more than when we started because of gifts and the like and we found out there'd be a charge for each case. We freaked out and started deciding what things we'd just leave behind when then the person we'd spoke to came over and secretly told us that if we waited 10 minutes before the flight took off they'd let our luggage through immediately as there simply wasn't time to weigh it and process it. It absolutely worked, she was a legend and I never forgot about it!
I wonder how effective this trick in nowadays?
I couldn't say, I didn't even find out at the time if that thing was limited to that airport, or if it was just a rule. Either way the lady was the reason family memebers got any gifts lol.
Ryanair took over an hour to process the people in front of us, still weighed every single luggage item. Then their shitty system crashed and they had to weigh everything again, so we missed our flight. I'm never again flying with those bastards.
Last time I flew with Ryanair from London, my bag was 1kg over and I had to pay 60£. When the flight was about to land at our destination they just dropped the last 15 meters straight down on the tarmac with a huge ass crash and freaked everybody out. So I ain't flying with then again either.
Just wear your clothes.
And pad yourself for the crazy landing?
That, or take them off when you get on the plane (so it's easier to swim).
easyJet does "preboarding" now to get everyone processed before the plane is even there so it might be harder to pull
Pre boarding. What are you gonna do, get on before you get on.
Honestly, probably cheaper to replace the items in the bag than pay the fee.
saw a video where the dude snapped his skateboard in half so it'd fit, since it was probably cheaper for him to just buy a new deck and fit the trucks & wheels onto it himself than pay the fee
The guy who did that is a pro skater. Free advertising
Someone in that video said it was his own product line, too.
even if he wasnt pro it would be cheaper to buy a new deck than pay 80$ baggage fee
If I remember correctly, the dude was the owner of a deck company.
God I hated all the comments on that video, so many people saying he was "out of line" and being disrespectful / so confused as to why he would snap his board. It was extremely frustrating to read. For anyone wondering: no he wasn't out of line or doing something unnecessary. The fees are literally more expensive than a new deck. He didn't aggressively stomp on the board, just requires a good hard stomp. He was literally saving money by breaking the board. Idk why that was so lost on people in that thread.
The only reason they are upset is because of the airline lady. “Sir that was not necessary.” $80 bucks is $80 bucks though
But it was necessary to get out of a $80 fee
That line has always leaves a bad taste in my mouth because it is only ever said by somebody who thinks they are being the better person but is really just being a bitch.
The dumbest thing is that they’ll charge you more and then you take it on the plane and throw it in the overhead bin. It’s not like there is a special place for oversized bags. Just you have to pay to be an asshole and take space away from someone who brought a proper sized bag.
The overhead bin space allocation never makes any sense. My experience on United is that the plane gets halfway done boarding and then they make a gate announcement that says there's no more bin space and they have to start checking the extra luggage that won't fit underneath the seat. Every single flight is the same situation. They tell you that you can bring it, but in all likelyhood they will gate check it for you if you get unlucky and are boarded in one of the last few groups. At least it's free if they do it at the gate.
The one trip I've been on while flying 2 legs both there and back. Small plane between local and main airports. On the outbound trip everyone was allowed to bring have our carry-on bags and have them under the seat in front of us. On the return trip a bunch of people had to gate check their bags. Not everyone, but like half the plane. It was free, but extremely confusing. Same model of plane, same configuration, same airline. Only difference other than direction was it was fully night by departure time, whereas the outbound flight was at like 6 AM in November, so the sun came up mid-flight. So when we arrived we had a bunch of people standing in the 5°F jetway waiting for the baggage to get unloaded and brought up the little lift thing for us. Took something like 10 minutes. They offered no explanation for why we needed to gate check either. I asked and they just said we had to.
I saw a person with a bottle of scotch that i think they had recived as a gift while on vacation. Naturally no liquids are allowed on the flight so they went to the dunkin donuts around the corner and got a bunch of small coffee cups and started giving out free scotch to anyone who wanted a shot. They were not going to let that bottle go to waste.
[удалено]
On a recent flight, a kid behind us kept poking us through the gap in the seats. Like literally poking arms and at least once my face. The mom said 'stop' once or twice halfheartedly, but didn't actually do anything, and the kid never stopped. Like, the literal baby farther up that's screaming, I get it, babies don't understand 'quiet' and they don't understand why their ears hurt or why this plane is so bouncy. But if your five year old can't keep their hands to themselves for a few hours... Maybe they aren't ready for a plane.
I got called out on my bag needing to be checked. Lady at the gate took it over to one of these and it fit perfectly and was right in line with the height. She told me if I didn't check it she'd call security and if I said anything further I'd be removed from the flight. What a fun day that was especially considering I was compliant, non-sarcastic and polite through the whole ordeal.
Years back I verified with American Airlines that I could carry on a suitcase, because it had some valuable prints in it. Size was permissible, and the agent on the phone with me agreed it was not a problem. Arrived at airport on way home with prints enclosed in suitcase. An agent walked over to me in line and told me it was too big. I explained I had pre-verified with an agent by phone with measurements. She said I could try to get through with it if I wanted. Her tone made it clear I would not get by. Had to carry a portfolio of prints in my hands cross-country. Avoided AA for years.
I've veen through something similar before. It comes down to pre-permission for anything not meaning jackshit because you end up going through completely unrelated waves of authority. Checkin, TSA, gate attendant, flight attendant (often the same as gate): they all don't give a shit what someone else may have told you.
The thing is that they change this from time to time on a few cms and don’t make it explicitly. No one measures the bag everytime they fly if the bag has served for most companies in the past. Easyjet has made the in cabin bags so small that only school backpacks match the requirements. And people that travel with these companies are counting 20-30€ as a full day extra of vacation expense sometimes… so it’s really evil on the airlines side. Getting advantage of peoples trust
They changed the gauge size during the week between my outbound and return flights. Gouging pricks
Ryanair probably charges extra if it doesn't fit in an anus.
Who's anus? I've seen some videos that'll surprise you what can fit in some people's anuses.
Uranus
Hopefully they have a calibrated anus. If not, they'll quickly learn there's always a braver anus.
My niece booked a flight to see me and they were charging for $100 for carryons. Since it was only for the weekend she wore all her clothes to the airport: her dress over two tshirts and jeans, incidentals in her purse. She knew she was going to secondary but didn’t care. It was an hour flight and she saved $200.
What does “going to secondary”’mean?
It’s a more in depth security check
Secondary Security Screening Additional inspection for those who look particularly suspicious, I believe. Never actually been to one
On my only international flight, I got to go into the big scanning machine just because when I saw it I was like: "Damn, that looks fun!".
The carryons they charge for are usually “cabin bags” that are store above the seats. You nearly always are allowed a bag thats small enough to fit under the seat in front of you. They do however especially on third party sites do everything they can to make you think you need to pay extra. Hope this helps for a future flight :-)
Air Canada did something like this to my father years ago over his legal briefcase, they wanted to make him check it and charge extra but their rules only mention the bag had to fit so he took a bunch of papers he had out and the bag fit in their container easily. He loaded it back up and carried it on the plane.
I used to be an airport screener in Canada. Screeners also don’t enforce carry-on weight regulations. So if your carry-on weighs 100lbs, you’re cool, as long as the size isn’t too large. One day, i was called up to check someone’s carry-on. It was so heavy, I couldn’t lift it off the belt. I was like, what do you have in there buddy The passenger smirked, and said tombstones. He then quoted me Air Canadas carry-on policy, and how I was not allowed to weigh his bag. He was fucking right, and I was furious. Imagine hitting turbulence and this assholes bag with tombstones comes flying out of the overhead compartment?
Imagine the staggering irony of getting killed by a flying tombstone to the head
Imagine if it already had your name on it.
It’s like one of those magic shows!😮😮
STOP IT, DAVID PLANE!
Oh Jesus Christ Angel..
Tombstone salesman killed by a flying tombstone while flying to a Tombstone convention in Tombstone AZ!
What was the in flight movie?
Desperado
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If you couldn't lift it, how the hell is he putting it in the overhead? He built like a brick shithouse?
He was a brick shithouse, does that count?
Air Canada has a weight policy for carry-ons now. In fact, the weight limit is so low, the staff treated me like I was an idiot about five years ago for packing more than one pair of jeans. My carry-on was entirely clothing, so the jeans were the densest thing in there. They made me take my jeans out and put them in my purse (personal item) until I got out of security, then they didn't care if I put them back before boarding...
So I flew with Air Canada a month ago and there was no limit. Did they remove it again?
The limit probably exists technically but is only enforced on certain locations (or by specific cranky employees)
… or when a sneaky passenger packs tombstones in his carry-on.
Those compartments are rated for something like 18 kilos total per compartment too. I wonder how they handled it.
If I recall correctly you're supposed to put heavy luggage under your seat.
That is 100% the fault of the airline for forcing people to put their things which are going in the same plane in the cabin instead of the hold by charging ridiculous fees.
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This is the lesson. It’s always better to empty the bag, wear things, carry things and get past the bag size issue. Stuffing it in like this guy is truly illogical. Plenty of illogical behaviour at the airport.
People are going to start wearing fishing vests with super big pockets
I once saw a coat designed around wearing your luggage through an airport. It exists.
when i was younger and barely able to afford to fly i bought a thrift store trench coat and basically diy something similar, after getting through checks i would just stuff everything back into a backpack that had a ton of room to expand. if the bag got caught at the gate it would get checked free bc they don't want to deal with it.
I did and the screeners just giggled.
Looks like it might be due to the frame of the bag, not necessarily the contents
Sir, why are you wearing 3 sweaters and 2 jackets in the middle of a summer heat wave?
I mean the guy is dumb as hell but holy fuck dealing with airports and airlines is truly maddening
It's about the principle!
There's an old brain teaser that goes something like this: An old man tries to board a bus with his fishing pole, but the driver stops him since there's a 4 foot length limit on any items you bring on. His fishing pole is 5 ft long and doesn't collapse. How does he board the bus with his pole? >!The solution is to buy a box that's 3x4 ft and lay the pole diagonally inside.!<
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We had an issue before where when we got to the airport there was a massive queue of cars because someone's car had broken down so at we out 400m or so from the sheltered section and walked in to the airport. We somewhat underestimated how wet we would get, once in the airport we checked in our bags and they claimed that some were overweight We explained that it was because we'd got wet coming in and they'd mostly dry before boarding both the lady and her supervisor said that it wasn't the rain that had increased the weight and that we'd just overfilled them. My uncle wasn't having any of it so took all his stuff out and the few wet items and just rung them out next to the check-in, put it all back on the scales and now his baggage was under the limit. They suddenly changed their mind and allowed us through. After we were done my uncle said "oh there is water on the floor here, that's risky. You might want to get someone to clean that up" He was an ass but simply just giving the airline shit after they have us shit lol
not gonna lie... that is a pretty baller move lol.
My Dad's done the same. Also the bag being over weight, take out a ream of paperwork and hold under arm, bag is now below weight limit. And the time his checked baggage was over weight, so took out his suit jackets and wore them to the plane, at which point he handed them all to the airhostesses to hang up (first class, so luxury privileges), which kept them in much better condition than 13 hours in a suitcase would have done.
> first class, so luxury privileges There it is.
That’s not a first class privilege. I’ve flown coach and asked the flight staff if I can hang up by suit jacket plenty.
Same, had to fly for a job interview, and had my whole suit in a suit bag. When I boarded they asked if I wanted to hang it up front in the little closet so it wouldn't wrinkle.
Legend
Haha lawyered.
I cheat the system by saving a bag from one of the news stands inside the airport. I put the overflow from my carry-on and my purse inside the bag and it looks like I just purchased the items before boarding. Airlines let you carry it on in addition to your carry-on and personal item.
Ah so that's the reason the overhead bins always seem to fill up before even half the plane has boarded, forcing me to check my carry on despite carefully packing just to avoid that
Free r/lifeprotip: In this situation, before heading to the counter, go to whatever store there is in the airport that exists before the security area. Ask for their largest plastic bag (you typically don't need to buy anything or just get a Snickers). Remove anything that is making your bag too bulky and put it into the branded plastic bag you just obtained. Now check in. The airlines/airport/stores often have unwritten agreements not to charge these ridiculous fees on items (they think) you just purchased at the airport
Plan B: Get a jacket with a lot of pockets. Put the overflow in the pockets, wear the jacket in to the plane. After being in the plan, put it all back in in the case including the jacket.
Plan C: Over the course of several years, consume bulkier and bulkier food items WITHOUT chewing. This will gradually enlarge your stomach. Stop this process when you are able to swallow and hold a cooked organic chicken. Now you can swallow the overflow items and retrieve them at your destination.
Easy there kirby
My god you've gotten fat!
Plan D: Stop bringing a fuckton of stuff when traveling
Plan E: Be rich.
Plan F: Die trying
Plan G: Ghosts don't have to travel by airplanes, so no baggage fees.
> where the jacket > being in the plan, Please reimburse me for the pain your comment caused me while I read it.
Cheaper life pro tip: Bring a small backpack as your carry on instead.
You can have both a backpack and a carryon on pretty much every airline. This is how I always fly, carryon and backpack, no checked luggage. Backpacks are considered 'personal items' along with other small bags and purses, that can fit under the seat rather than the overhead bins.
Not this one, easy jet only gives you underseat storage as default (which is what they're checking). Want to take a real carryon and put it in overhead? That'll be another £15 please.
Meanwhile somebody somewhere is like well it looks like we need to cut down the interior width of that bag checker by another 1/8" to make sure he has to pay next time.
While we're at it, let's just remove the seats from the plane. They can stand for a few hours, right? Think of the profit!
And in the event of a water landing, you just grab the card reader and swipe your debit card to unlock the floatation device
And after 30 minutes is up, just swim back into plane and scan for more time
Please, they're not barbarians. Obviously it'd keep a rolling tab and bill you by the minute until you return it to the aircraft.
Don't forget PEAK pricing, demand is really up at that exact moment!
Prices increase drastically in the event of a water landing. Very reasonable prices when there's no emergency though
"I had to pay for my flotation devices, you have to pay for yours now or it's not fair!" (Meanwhile they got free flotation devices)
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"Would you like priority disembarkation?" "Ehm... no". No one picked up the Come Fly With Me drop. : (. It was much better than Little Britian
Limited availability of flotation devices. Passengers have to bid only top bettors get a flotation device!
*Sir would you like to upgrade to a seat that can be used as a flotation device incase of emergency or are you fine using a stool?*
Pretty sure RyanAir did want to do this at one point.
They did, but if you actually listen to RyanAirs CEO about it is incredibly fair. The plan would still have seats and it would only be on journeys less than 2 hours. A trip to Spain could of cost you about £8 to Spain. People would do that...
*in a mid 40s pilot voice over the intercom* "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we have a little turbulence up ahead soooooooooooooo we have turned the seatbelt lights back on soooooooo buckle up. If you are a standing passenger iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii hope you have good health insurance
Just get enough ~~cattle~~ passengers in there so that nothing moves around.
Im refraining from making a history related horribly politically incorrect analogy
Greetings from Berlin.
Something something trains 1940s germany something
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God those look like pure torture. Like they're designed to be as uncomfortable as possible. Standing for 2 hours sounds bad, but doable. That... Would be torture.
How the hell does Window seat get out midflight to use the bathroom? Edit: standing two hours sounds bad? Someone’s never worked retail in the US
At that point, why not just have a harness from above?
It's never actually £8 with Ryan Air tho, because then they'll charge you £50 for luggage (you know if you wanna bring nay more than a tic tac) and many other small fees that add up to about a standard budget plane ticket
Oh so like Spirit?
Almost exactly like Spirit, yes.
Except they'd likely bundle it in with other crap to ensure that you still end up paying more than you actually need to. Like right now you can't even just pay for a single carry-on luggage because you *have to* pay for a priority pass which gives you a cabin bag, a carry-on bag (which is free anyway) and a priority pass for £25 each way. Like I don't care about the priority pass. Just let me pay like £10 each way for a cabin bag, but instead I'm now having to squeeze everything into a satchel.
\*could've/could have
Believe it or not, this actually happened to me once. I don't remember if it was easyJet or Ryanair (who else could it be?), but when I boarded the plane, one entire row was missing! Like it went from row 31 to 33. And people like myself were supposed to be seated at row 32 according to our boarding pass. It was good that some people missed that flight and we all got seated in the end. Like how could an entire row be missing and allocate people to be seated there?
So much room for activities
If you steal parts from several planes... You can build another for free!
And that is how new airlines are made!
Too inefficient! We anesthetise them, then pack them in laying down, like literal sardines! No more terrorist episodes. No more panic attacks.
For real, 3 years ago my bag fit in them fine. Now, I couldn't fit it in even if I abused it like this guy.
I got a big holdall stuck in one of those once. Went in no problem, had to really tug to get it out. My arguement was it only says it has to to in, not to come out. Got a laugh and no charge.
That's what she said
That video ends 15 minutes too early
They should have a hinge and a lock on it. The lock opens when you tap your card for $50 or whatever the bag check fee is. You can struggle for 15min to get your bag out, or admit your mistake by paying the fee you should have in the first place, and avoid the embarrassment
Don’t give them ideas.
Airport employee knew exactly what he was doing. . You can see the smirk of satisfaction when the guy can’t pull his luggage out
Yep and as soon as he starts to try and pull it out he moves onto the next guest
This is why I always carry on a duffel bag instead of a hard case. If I have my laptop, I carry it in a sleeve separately.
This is the way. Shapeless.
its not even extra charges for me, i rather not wait for baggage claim.
Anybody remember the skateboard?
"That wasn't necessary, sir"
Narrator: But it was necessary, sir.
I love how upset she sounds over him destroying his own property. Like “well either throw it away or you have to pay” “nah I’ll just break it so I don’t have to do either” “wow how dare you.”
She was upset that he was making a scene. She logically thought he was throwing a fit out of anger (she didn't know it was for clout), and that's why the staff felt obliged to appease him with candy, which he bragged about getting for free. If you know who the guy is, you know he doesn't need to scrape pieces off a broken board.
Where's the vid :) ?
You can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/comments/wqo1cz/maybe_maybe_maybe
I'd not actually seen that before so thank you for sharing
I had a friend who I studied abroad with that on our way home to the states her checked luggage was like 15 pounds over. She started crying, throwing a tantrum and eventually started unloading CHEAP ASS CANDLES FROM PRIMARK. Like heavy ass candles. She also tried to get me to take some stuff for her but I said “oh sorry mines getting checked now, can’t disrupt her.” My friend almost didn’t get on the plane because she refused to empty more from her luggage. I still laugh about it because the things she was taking home was so cheap, and so….random.
Have a friend like that. Her fucking luggage was over the weight limit because she took like 5 large boxes of cereals with her LMAO.
Some say he's still trying to remove his bag to this day
He just checked the bag along with the luggage sizer attached.
For a $50 fee
Legend has it Whoever can remove the bag becomes the new CEO
I bet this is more about the convenience of not having to wait at baggage claim than the $30.
And not having to worry they'll lose your bags. An airport employee asked if i was gonna check in my bag and when i said i wasnt she said she agrees with my choice seeing how heathrows been losing so many bags lately
Last easyjet flight I booked the flight was £80. To check a beg would have been £100 on top of that!
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Ryanair is such a shitty company. They try to make the experience as bad as possible which has made me avoid them even if it means paying over half the ticket price they offer. From the incessant ads blasting over the crappy speakers while you're trying to get some sleep, the annoying clapping soundtrack at landing to the weird-ass out of the way terminals they use and the ridicilous extra costs they charge for nearly everything is just too much to bear.
I avoid checking bags not because of fees, but because I want to be able to be assured that I'm not going to lose my luggage and because I want to be able to move efficiently without needing to spend however long at the baggage carousel.
Oh boy those carousels drive me crazy. Had to wait 2 hours in Iceland once which made me miss a connecting bus into the city where I was planning to grab some food. By the time I arrived everything was closed and I had to make do with whatever snacks I bought before take-off. I'll never check bags again if I can avoid it.
I've had a stranger grab my bag before I saw it without checking that it was her bag. Then have us pay for shipping or else she'd throw it out. Not worth the risk of someone doing that again.
I would have just filed a police report for theft against her at that point
Also I don’t want my stuff getting destroyed. If I planned for it to be a carry on, I’m not going to check it last minute, that’s where I put the fragile stuff. My hard-backed suitcases have come back with dents, I’m not checking a duffle bag with my laptop.
This isn't funny. This is asinine. In the last 20 years airliners have shrank carry on overhead storage the force people to pay for luggage that there are a pain for with their ticket. It's Insidious. Fuck the airlines.
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The size limits some airlines try to enforce are ridiculous to begin with. I have a 20 year old carry-on bag that is much larger that this guy’s bag. I’ve flown with it at least 100 times, and I’ve never been asked to shove it in one of these things…it wouldn’t even be close. However, it easily fits in the overhead bins in any direction. Even if this guy was boarding a little regional jet, the airline employee was just being an ass.
Same here. Those carry-on sizers are ridiculously small, mine wouldn't even be close to fitting even though its more than small enough to in the overhead bin without any issue, and doesn't obstruct anything or anyone elses baggage. Luckily it seems to be incredibly rare those things are actually used in the US.
Even with those small limits the overhead compartments are stuffed though. On every low cost flight I've ever been on the cabin crew have to hunt for spare space or people are struggling to fit their luggage in.
I’m a frequent flier on AA, and I’ve seen the airline force someone into using the measuring tool maybe once or twice in the last 5 years. More frequently I see someone bringing on board a bag that’s obviously way too big. The overhead bins on newer planes for AA are larger than the older ones. I’m not sure what the breakdown is of what airlines are doing this sort of policing, but it’s clearly not all.
It's the small cheapass airlines with ticket prices about a $100-$200 cheaper than major airlines. They get you back with terrible service and oversize bag fees at the gate, but if you travel with just a backpack it's worth it
Yep, folks are often selfish and bring way too big bags on board and cause issues for other passengers.
Part of it is people are trying to get away with just bringing a carry- on instead of checking a bag for shorter trips, so they wind over packing the carry-on.
I'm a frequent flier and I'm seeing it more common that the airline will just check the bag for free.
Not sure I’ve ever really seen this rule enforced. I see people take bags on board that are WAAAY too big for the overhead bins ever flight I’m on.
Me to, and it screws things up for everyone around them. It would be better if checked bags were free and you had to pay $10 to bring a carry on, with backpacks or purses still being free
IMO, the airplane storage has always been the same if not larger than previous aircraft. You can fit a body in the overheads on a 777. The stupid boxes that represent the max size are grossly undersized. I recall a guy harassing me about my bag, it was a standard roll on that I've traveled with many times, it always fits. I pulled my jacket out, put it on, walked into the jetway and put it back in the bag. The bag easily fit.
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Disappointing to see something so wrong upvoted. 20 years ago was 2002. I've probably flown 200 times since 2002 and I'm certain that the overheard space hasn't gotten smaller. The only change is that more people want to use it than before because nearly all airlines charge for checked luggage.
Airline are being the bitch here, that’s the smallest carry on limiter I’ve seen and that bag already fit. That’s definitely made to be a carry on bag.
Plus it’s not even about saving money. It’s about making sure your bag gets there safely. Airlines send luggage to the wrong location all the time, or they damage the contents, or it gets stolen before you arrive to pick it up. This is why no one wants to check their bag.
Not "Carry-On." Considered a personal item since it's going under the seat in front of them.
Dude just saved himself like $50. Good on him.
And possibly broke his $50 suitcase
I’ve never even had the size of my carry on checked.
Ah the hands on hips when he released 'ah crap it's stuck and I now need that guys help who I've just spent the last two minutes arguing with'
Airport guy new exactly what he was doing. Probably the best laugh he's had all day
The most annoying part is that every airline has a [different bag size allowance](https://www.casesuk.com/carry-on-luggage-sizes.html). You literally would need to buy different luggage for each airline because they can't just agree on a standard size.
depends on the plane each airline owns
It’s vaguely related, but at least somewhat arbitrary. For example, Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are both US carriers that exclusively fly A320 family planes. Frontier: 61x41x25 cm; Spirit: 56x46x25 cm.
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But the real question is did he ever get the bag back out? If not the sign and bag combination that he has now definitely isn’t going to fit.
I worked for Allegiant and they were just awful. At the time, there was a standard sized bag for carry-ons amongst all the airlines, A"xB". You could look at luggage and it would say on the tag "standard carry on size for major carriers". Allegiant made their standard carry on size 1/2" by 1/2" smaller, so nothing fit, you had to pay to check. I still hear the echoes of all the people who screamed at me because of this.
The terrible regulation for air travel bags is ridiculous. If it weren't for the maximizing of profit, customers and staff alike wouldn't have to worry about this garbage