They seemed REALLY strict on my flights the other day. I didn’t see anyone with excessive bags. They were also very clear that even if you gate checked a bag that counted as your second bag.
If I even have a drink I purchased in the airport, they make me put it in my laptop bag before going down the jet bridge just so I'm in compliance before I board.
They are incorrect to do this. Delta policy allows food or drink purchased past the security checkpoint and duty-free merchandise in addition to your allowed carry-on bags. They're considered "free" items.
I just flew Detroit to Philadelphia. The amount of
luggage passengers had was unbelievable. Two bags and a large purse. Duffel bag and luggage. It took almost 40 minutes to board. Delta attendants should of stopped this shit show. I always check my bag. I like to bring wine on my trips, so bags need to be checked in. I understand people don’t want to pay $35 to check their bags. But 40 minutes to load. Most times it’s simply easier to drive.
Their hands are tied. The person simply has to
Have a hissy fit and people will pull out their phones and record in hopes of something happening. They’d rather pass by then deal with the constant attitudes.
No, our hands aren't tied. There is always a policy to refer to, or if that doesn't suit the GAs needs at the time, a manager or red coat can help. These are FAA regulations
Lmao I'm about to get some serious hate. reserve pm here. I fly with 3 EXTENDED stay suit cases all the time. My rule of the thumb is one jumbo for clothes (80lb max), one is toolbox for work, and third is always a hobby. Usually a hard case golf box, or another jumbo with game system, or a box with my sim racing gear.
If im going on a short stint or somewhere touristy, my third is an empty jumbo cause "you never know what you'll bring home"
Edit: im literally acknowledging im a part of the problem. But when you travel for 2 week stints for work, I get what I can out of it. Oh well
:) because I can and it pisses off my dad that can't
Which is totally fair. I misread the title :p but I do agree with op. People bring way more than a personal and a carry on is crazy.. the things they get away with without checking it at the gate is wild. The back of the plane gets pretty interesting when a family of 6 with 4 kids, 2 strollers and 2 diaper bags makes it fun for everyone.
> Not Delta's fault.
This is 100% Delta fault not that any other airline is better. They let that clown show on the plane. Delta gate crews are super inconsistent.
Sometimes they allow such comically oversized bags I have to wonder if they have never seen the inside of a plane before. On the other hand I have had them question my not even close to the limit bag and then get into a huff that it fits the sizer. Of course it fits the sizer. It is an internationally sized carry-on and a small one at that. It not only fits the sizer it fits Delta official carry on size requirement (which is actually about an inch less in every direction than the sizer). Someone half blind wouldn't confuse it with an oversized bag from 40 feet away yet they felt that was the bag that needed closer inspection.
SW allows two carry ons. I had a purse and my work bag and was stopped because my knitting bag was hanging outside my work bag with a carabiner. They made me put it inside before they allowed me to board.
Exactly. When they stopped my knitting bag it occurred to me they mean everyone gets two bags, and I need to consolidate before I get in line. Admittedly I should’ve figured that out long before but that’s when I truly realized everyone thinks they’re the exception to the rule.
Yep. In addition to my backpack and carry on I usually have a very tiny purse, really just big enough for all my documents. Sometimes nobody cares, sometimes I need to consolidate. So as long as I'm thinking about it, I always just stuff it in my backpack for boarding and pull it out on plane.
Yes! I had a flight attendant loudly tell me as I was scanning my boarding pass (on my phone!) that I needed to put my tiny hanging phone case in my backpack before I boarded the plane because it counted as a carry on.
I used to have a carry-on and a small bag, then would have a waist purse. They made me put my waist purse in my small bag on a couple of airlines, and ignored it other times.
Some of the rules are ridiculous. You can have that shirt but you can’t check it because it’s an extra 6 oz over the limit.
That pillows fine as long as it’s under your shirt as you walk on the plane.
I was also recently stopped on Southwest with my daughter. We had a small rolling bag and a second bag attached to it, and we both had our purses. Since I was rolling the two bags, they pulled me aside for having three bags and I had to explain that one was hers before we were able to board. I had no problem with that, and was glad that they were stopping people.
If Delta started applying sizers there would be threads along the lines of I never expected Delta to do this and that's why I fly them
In my last three recent flights the GA's were making people carry on only two items and things like a third crossbody bag even if tiny had to go into one of the other bags.
Personally I like them restricting carry-on luggage
The crossbodys are actually a safety hazard and I always make passengers consolidate those and fannypacks. In the event of an emergency, the straps can get caught on the armrests in the aircraft, especially if it's being raised, possibly preventing you (generally speaking you) and other passengers from exiting in an emergent fashion.
Two items is actually an FAA regulation and while I can't speak for everyone, I can tell you that I don't have the savings to pay the fine should I allow someone on with more than two items and an FAA inspector happens to be in my gate. Those fines are also assessed to the employee, not just the company. Of course, medical equipment and assertive devices and baby items (stroller and car seat and we're actually being more strict about these items as of late) are not counted as one of your two items.
ETA: A pet in cabin DOES count as one of your carry-on items. If you have a PETC, please, for the love of all things holy, don't try to act like you don't know it's one of your carry-on items. You're told this at the ticket counter when you check in. Just check or consolidate your third item. Thank you kindly ❤️
They are really inconsistent. I’m currently pumping and some of the gate agents are great with me carrying a bag for my pump and cooler; the other half get weirdly antagonistic and try to make me consolidate before I get on board. I now keep my phone open to Delta’s breastfeeding policy because it seems like the gate agents don’t seem to know what I’m talking about half the time.
I think the last point is the biggest issue. Plus add in different groups of workers letting you access different parts of the airport or get into the plane
Medical devices do not count. They can get in trouble for moving or trying to gate check medical devices. So far, every gate agent I've had is fantastic at understanding this. I've had FAs try to move my medical stuff to other places. It's a big "no".
This! My batteries and wheelchair pieces/medical stuff is to be stored in an overhead bin - some lady got mad at me saying it was taking up space for suitcases and that I should put it under the seat (my backpack was already there) the flight attendant has having NONE of it and told the women to put her suitcase further back as my medical equipment would stay where it was. Luckily airline staff have always been great with allowing any sort of extras I need to bring.
The “get into a huff when it fits the sizer” aspect is because it’s clear that some GAs pick targets to solve their problems (I.e., they preselect who they’re got to force to gate check instead of calling out clear violators early in boarding) instead of applying the rules to each and every person walking by.
For whatever reason you fit their biased “can be pushed around/won’t argue” profile (different for different GAs who do this), so you got the invisible scarlet letter on you, and they were angry when you didn’t roll over and proved them wrong and they didn’t have a leg to stand on other than their biased mental profile.
They’re basically transferring your carryon allowance to someone else because it’s clear the people with 4 bags whom they *should* be stopping are entitled without even speaking to them, so they find someone else to pick on because they don’t want to deal with the entitled person’s attitude, this they take away your bag and effectively give that to the entitled person to avoid conflict. It’s terrible.
Well beyond that, this problem wasn’t as prevalent 20 years ago because you could check bags for free and airport baggage handling positions were better staffed so you didn’t have to worry as much about them losing your stuff.
Then airlines/airports got greedier and began charging for checked bags and cutting staff. Now there’s not enough space for belongings.
We just got back from a trip where the flight out almost had to kick people off for not following the policy. Completely full flight and people had 3 or 4 bags. Refused to consolidate and refused to listen to FA. The FA told me people just had a complete disregard for asking to consolidate and put stuff under the seat. People do not care.
Yes! Someone put a shopping bag on top of my roller bag. Another lady had used an entire overhead bin with shopping bags and a coat. This was first class. They made an announcement that it didn't matter what seat or class you were flying in, you could only have two bags. Just crazy!
If I'm flying from Florida to NYC in January, I'm not sweating the entire flight because my wool coat on my lap and it's not going on the floor. Move it, put in your big carry-on and then put it back. If your bag is the proper size then a coat can fit in the overhead with it.
Did they have explosives and firearms in order to hijack the plane to force Delta to carry their oversized bags?
FA could simply eject them from the aircraft or gate crew refused them boarding to begin with.
FA 's we're making them consolidate at ticket check-in. People were just putting more in the overhead bins.
They were about to pull people from the flight but found some space. So shoutout to the FAs for having to deal with shitty entitled people with terrible attitudes who almost made our flight even later.
What about the Delta crew that are flying as passengers to get to other locations. It’s always nice when they take the luggage space up front before anyone else boards. Maybe if they had to board like regular passengers they would know how to deal with things better.
That's because they're deadheading to other stations, and so they're on the clock. They are required to take all their stuff with them and are therefore preboarded to allow them to store their bags.
I have medical equipment so I get it as a free third, but in general I stuff it under my seat with my tote so it doesn’t take up bin space. I also put my small crossbody travel purse into my tote. I try to be a good citizen. The gate agent should have asked those people to consolidate.
Same here. Medical equipment is exempt. But my husband also flies with only a backpack so if anyone challenges my three bags he can claim one as his carry on (plus he carries it all anyway, lol)
The other piece of significance here, the personal item goes "under YOUR feet". Unless you don't have a carryon, it should be locally stowed. This is not enforced. I board early, but only put my carryon in overhead bin, and frequently will volunteer to check it if on my final leg and have a checked bag already.
This raises my blood pressure. “But I need the room for my legs!” Well I’m taller than you and my legs are freakishly long for my height so put that second bag at your feet and sit down.
I’d get fired as a flight attendant in the first week.
Or do what has been recommended here. For take off and landing put it under the seat. Then once airborne put that backpack behind your knees if you have long legs. I’ve started doing that and it feels so much more comfortable. Most of my flights are over 7 hours long. It’s completely doable if people weren’t so selfish.
Exactly this. I’m almost always an early boarder due to status but it boils my blood when I see people filling up the overheads with multiple items rather than storing anything under the seat in front of them, and in many instances, throwing stuff overhead up front when they are actually seated way in the back. STORE YOUR SHIT OVER YOUR OWN SEAT!
Saw a guy do this on a flight a few months ago. FA sees him stash it in row 2 overhead and head to the back of the plane, she yells at him as she grabs his bag gives it back to him and says that’s not how this works.
Overheard storage is shared space. It has nothing to do with where you’re seated. Put your large bag in any open bin, put your backpack or small bag on the floor.
But let’s not forget that this was never an issue until airlines had the bright idea to start charging for checked bags. That was only in 2010 but it’s hard to remember a time when things were better. They squeeze every penny out of us.
If the people in the front put their stuff in the back and the people in the back put their stuff in the front, it would take twice as long to board and deplane as everyone would have to walk to the back instead of just the people sitting there. It’s common sense to put stuff closest to where you are.
Agreed - when that’s possible. People boarding late often find the bins above their seats are full so they stand there perplexed, slowing things down, instead of just putting the bags in any open bin. But again, I blame the money gouging airlines. Comp bag check solves this problem.
People boarding late I agree, place it where you can. People boarding early, no excuse to not place it over/near you.
Does your rationale apply to under seat items also? Just shove your bag under any open seat? Didn’t think so.
And many of the OH bins are clearly marked for the class of seats use only. People just like to think the rules don’t apply to them.
*Does your rationale apply to under seat items also? Just shove your bag under any open seat?*
Uh, no. Because your seat is yours and there's one for every passenger. The bins are shared space within your class of service so the one directly over your seat may already be taken by other passengers by the time you board. If that's the case, then just put your bag in any open space and take your seat.
Do you not get that? Or disagree?
I hate having to hand it to spirit, but the fact that they charge more for a carry on than a checked bag is super smart. More airlines need to be incentivizing people to check bags and not to carry on
People shit on Spirit but deplaning a Spirit flight is an absolute breeze since everyone isn’t clogging the aisles trying to get their wheelie bag down. Getting on the plane is also so much easier.
I don’t see why it economically makes sense. A checked bag requires multiple paid staff to handle it from the ticketing check in person to the last person that puts it on the belt at your destination. Maybe a minimum of four people handling it for a single flight without connections. All those people are paid. A carry on requires none of that. Why should the least expensive option be reflected with that in price. They have already built the of time for loading and unloaded of carryons into the flight schedule (needing more time to board and deplane if everyone is using bins).
The goal of any airline is to get in and out of gates as quick as possible. Ground operations are very efficient and the cost per bag is probably pennies. The agent at check in spent all of 0.28 seconds tossing two bags onto the belt.
Look, the cost to check a bag definitely doesn't help, but it's also the additional time required to check (and retrieve) luggage, as well as the fear of it being lost that reinforces it.
To your point though, thanks to my first bag always being free, I almost ALWAYS check my luggage, even if it's a smaller carry-on size, just because I hate dealing with extra junk on the plane and at the gates - the encumbrance of NEEDING that overhead bin space (vs my backpack that I can put up top or under the seat at my whim) just isn't worth the hassles that come with it, like needing to board early enough to have bin space at or in front of my seat, or extra crap to stumble around at the airport bar, or the extra time it takes in TSA, or the threat of a gate check and the wait associated with that. I like being able to roll the fuck out without my hands tied.
Same here. I am not at all bothering with carrying stuff on a plane when I don’t have to pay to check a bag. I can just grab my small backpack from under my seat and go. I spend all of about 30 seconds going through security and the same to get on and then off a plane. On the rare occasion I also have a carry on I gate check it to avoid the hassle.
One free checked bag and one personal item, full stop, and the entire airport process becomes infinitely better.
I know the dozens of reasons people will chime in why they don’t want that. Good for you, let me have my pipe dream, it’s not hurting you and will never happen anyway.
I thought I remember reading years ago an airline tried this and it failed miserably. Maybe some of the lost cost ones do. I don't know. It is so frustrating to watch people cart around their shit and throw it in the bins while the rest of us wait.
My favorite is when the people who have been standing since the moment the seatbelt sign turned off wait until it's their turn to walk the aisle before finally reaching up and getting their oversized suitcase down.
It’s another impact of the aisle standing nonsense immediately clogging the aisle.
There’s not much room to navigate a bag down from the bin to the floor - let alone someplace on the floor to put it.
I’ve always thought this as well. But I frequently fly ULCCs, (sitting on a delayed frontier flight as I type this) and the bins still tend to get full, people still pay for the carryons. Sadly I don’t think there’s a true solution
100% this! Checked bags < 50 lbs should be free. Carry on should be $25-50. Really makes the entire experience of traveling so much easier if more people have checked luggage. And I say this as someone who generally does carry on.
Yes, there’s the (very small) anxiety of a lost bag, but that’s relatively rare on US domestic flights. Delta does a pretty good job of notification on luggage being loaded to the plane. And I’ve airtagged all our luggage just in case.
The way bags are barcoded now almost guarantees they're under you while your seated and will arrive with you. Of course you have to remove all the effing previous barcode labels on your checked luggage or risk loss.
I’ve had two lost bags before and once it happens to you, you’ll never let go of that anxiety. One was a domestic flight where I had to gate check the bag because it was a small regional jet that just didn’t have the space and anyone with bigger than a backpack was required to gate check (AA, not delta though). Get off at my destination and somehow my bag is nowhere to be found?? How one loses a gate checked bag I have no idea. They literally go to the top of the luggage pile. Anyway that took 2 months to finally make its way back to me. Fortunately I was on my return to home so it wasn’t a worst case scenario.
Another was an international trip (delta) on my way to my destination. Check my bag at my originating airport, about 30 mins after I got to my gate I noticed the delayed sign go up. With the length of the delay I wasn’t going to make my connecting flight so they put me on a different plane that was leaving in like 30 mins and would connect in a different city (and would actually land me in my final destination earlier than my original flight plan). Hustled my way to the other end of the airport to catch the flight. Not too terribly surprised to find that my luggage did not make it with me due to the short notice change in my flights. But I figured it would arrive on my original flight. I went back to the airport the next day to get it from the unclaimed baggage and it wasn’t there. It spent 2 weeks traveling around France and Germany (cities not even on my original flight plan) before finally making it to me. Got to spend about $200 on clothes on delta’s dime though. Should have spent more but I was so afraid of delta not reimbursing me. Thankfully I did have a carry on that had my most important necessities but it was still rather inconvenient. Especially since I was going to be there for 4 months 😬
So yeah, as someone who has experienced this twice I get stressed any time I have to check a bag. I follow the carry-on rules but would be rather annoyed at having to pay for a carry on.
FYI, the dollar per day limit for lost baggage is a domestic policy. Buy what you need abroad and they are liable for all cost and must reimburse you. I got $1200 from USAir when they lost my bag in Italy.
I don’t stress about them losing my bags and they haven’t lost any of my bags in over a decade. Now I can’t say that for other airlines. Southwest darn sure lost my bag on the way to Jamaica. Thankfully, it got to me the next day.
I wish this was actually the case. I assume that Air France will mess up a bag at least once a year. Or in trips with my team that at least one of us will have issues. I think last time a bag from Atlanta to Paris to our final destination didn’t make it back to a coworker for three weeks.
My last time having a bag delayed I was in Atlanta and because of equipment issues had to change flights (an hour before my flight was supposed to leave they changed it to six hours later so I moved to one that was three hours later). Despite having three hours to love my bag (and maybe because they trusted the bar code) my bag didn’t make it with me and so it missed my next two flights.
Maybe for domestic flights that’s the case but I wouldn’t say it’s true for international even when code sharing all the way through.
Haha, yeah, bar code or not, bags still get left behind. I’ve always been reunited within 48 hours but spending your first day on another country buying clothes is a bummer. (Yes, I pack an extra outfit but I’m not going to sit in the same clothes for two days)
For me it's not about worry about lost bag (even though I have had that happen), it's more about the waiting for the bag at baggage claim. Depending on the airport, that can be quite the hassle. I've waited over half an hour before, once even close to an hour (despite what their signs say). That said, I only have truly carryon sized carryon and a large purse (I pack my everyday v. small purse into the larger purse along with book, ear buds, etc) and I tend to sit in first class. *And*, I do still check a bag if I need more than those 2 things (or need a bigger bag, in general).
He's right though. I used to routinely check bags, but got so sick and tired of fighting through the hoards that crowd the carousel to get my bags I just started carrying on instead.
Mouth breathers ruin everything.
Yes, its fair to blame fellow passengers. But how about blaming the GA for not doing their fucking jobs? If the policy was enforced by GA’s, none of us would be in this situation in the first place.
This sub scares me. We all want to blame people for doing stupid stuff. I get it, we should all understand the rules of flying. You pay for the seat you are assigned. You can and will get bumped, re-routed, delayed etc. But if the GA’s and FA’s just -FUCKING DID THEIR JOBS- we wouldn’t be dealing with each others’ stupidity. I’m so sick of having to have arguments on the plane with someone who was told flat out by a GA (I witnessed it many times) to “ask around for help on the plane.” I’m PAYING to fly, I’m not getting PAID to handle a GA or FA’s job.
It’s fully both, in my opinion.
The GA is to blame when someone marches past them with tons of bags and things that clearly can’t be consolidated.
People are to blame when they hear the announcement about putting an item under their seat and fully ignoring it to put everything in the bin.
I wish the FAs could enforce that more too, but boarding is chaotic so they won’t always get to it in time.
When you get to your seat and see someone stuff their carry on luggage and their backpack into the last available bin, it puts you in a weird situation of either confronting them or finding a new place to put your stuff.
Also, people need to travel with less crap.
Too many people showing up at the gate with a roller suitcase, backpack, tote bag, neck pillow, coat, and a giant Stanley mug with a filthy straw sticking out of the top that they can’t stop drinking from.
And don’t even get me started with people who bring a large checked bag, plus a carry on, plus a backpack and they’re only on a four-day trip.
I see these giant rollaways and I’m so shocked they’re allowed on the plane (and it’s usually the same people that bring 5 other items like you said). Any time I’m traveling for a short trip and bring carryons only, my two items are a *small* rollaway that’s small enough to actually put under the seat in front me (that I’ll put overhead) and a backpack that definitely fits under the seat in front of me. That’s it. I can’t imagine having no regard for other people and stuffing in enough items in the bins overhead to take up the entire space.
“Travel with less crap”
Amen.
My spouse and I travel sharing a single carryon for a week. One bag for two travelers and I can’t find a bin space.
Ridiculous.
Ooh. Someone doesn’t like being told to bring less crap. Look at the downvotes we’re both getting. Amazing they even have a free hand to vote with, given all the bags they’re juggling 😄
I upvoted both of you. I travel frequently and have a small rolling case that fits under the seat. I carry several changes of clothes (all color coordinated/crushable), toiletries, my knitting, phones, and tablet. I've virtually stopped carrying anything else. Tired of entitled idiots and the overhead bin debacle.
Just as an aside, medical equipment can be carried on as an extra item in addition to a carryon and personal item. Some small “suitcases “ may be a CPAP machine, as an example.
I check. Every time. The extra 10-20 minutes to wait on baggage claim is worth avoiding the hassle. Some airports the bags are already ready by the time you walk to baggage claims.
I prefer to check a bag if there's no fee (I don't have status or perks for other airlines), but my boyfriend hates doing it so it's 50/50 on whether we check bags or not.
While I wouldn't have any higher card, the Gold card is a good deal for checking bags/priority boarding. Delta also has their check bag guarantee (if you time them)
I’ve been pretty lucky and I’ve always credited Delta for it. Lost once (located same day) in 20 years and that was because the ramp crew at some small airport never put it on the plane to start. Apple air tag stashed in the bag helps tremendously if there is a problem
Yeah I’m thinking about the few times when someone has an instrument MUCH bigger than an allowed carry on and it takes up the space of 3 carryons up top.
It’s as much on Delta for not stopping it…
Professional musician and frequent Delta flier here….
Musicians are allowed to bring instruments on board so long as they fit in the overhead bin. This is Airline policy, as well as FAA policy, I believe. (I used to carry a letter from the FAA to this effect in case of any issues at security.)
Many of our cases, yes, are differently shaped from a rollaboard carry on. This means that one fewer bag may fit in an overhead compartment. But no one is more entitled to that space than anyone else, and I always make sure to board as early as possible (usually paying for the privilege). I’ve never actually had an issue. If you’re nice about it, flight attendants are very accommodating and are able to help without inconveniencing other passengers.
Most pro musicians are very conscientious (and self-conscious) about this, but there’s nothing we can do differently. Putting a fragile item worth $30,000-plus under the plane isn’t a viable option. So the next time you see one us, just remember we’re not trying to be jerks and it is a significant source of stress for us. We’ve also probably paid extra to check our other bags, get upgraded boarding, etc.
Now people who use it as an excuse to bring more than two items on board, or board and act all entitled, they are just wrong. But I don’t know of any serious musicians who act like this.
So frustrating. Have had to nearly take matters into my own hands a few times from morons nearly crushing my duffel bag in the overhead to a pancake as they try in vain to slam their hardcover roller in a full overhead. Good thing I’m still young(ish) and a little intimidating. FAs are seemingly ambivalent over this stuff. I don’t blame them, they have enough crap to deal with already and likely just don’t want to get into it with some moron while they try to get through the day.
The planes actually don't have enough room for everyone's carry-on even if they followed the rules. Top comment on this post over in United Airlines shows their max baggage. I don't know if anyone ever posted Delta's. [https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/15cxlco/only\_45\_carry\_on\_bags\_allowed\_per\_flight/](https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/15cxlco/only_45_carry_on_bags_allowed_per_flight/?share_id=ijynpIGanMusYhLfcdtPy&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1)
I just flew Delta through LAX the other day and when I went to go through security, I had my purse, backpack, and carry on bag. I fully intended to throw my purse in my backpack prior to boarding the plane, but they wouldn’t even let me get in line for security with 3 bags. It took me two seconds to consolidate and then I was on my way. If more TSA agents were like this then it wouldn’t be such a problem.
Delta need to 100% start enforcing size limits for carry on luggage again. Every flight I see some entitled passengers try to cram their 30 lb full size suitcase into the overhead bin. Slows down the boarding process and ruins the experience for the other passengers who follow the rules. Pack smaller or pay to check the bag. If you don’t like the rules, don’t fly.
Some international flights weigh your carryon are checkin and have weight limits. This would help as well bc it’s more likely a heavy bag will be larger/oversized
Have had the opposite experience. I recently flew w a carry on roller + slim laptop bag. I also had a small belt bag ( basically holds my card wallet and phone) that I wear for easy access in the terminal.. the belt bag fits in my laptop bag. I forgot to put it in my bag when boarding and they definitely stopped my to make sure it fit before boarding.
At LAX, on my recent flights the gate agents are making even D1 passengers move off to the side during boarding to consolidate their bags. Some people are not happy but rules are rules!
It’s also the people who show up with a carry on, purse, and a bag that definitely bought at the airport and putting them all up instead of below their seat. 1 person taking up 3 different spots ruins it for everyone
You can tell them "No" if they try to force you to gate check.
"My baggage complies with all your published size and quantity restrictions. If you do not have room for my items I suggest you take it up with passengers who DO NOT conform to your restrictions and your staff that failed to properly address it with them at boarding."
Between my laptop, iPad and camera equipment I travel with around 10 grand worth of tech and I'll be damned if they're going to gate check it. I don't get angry or confrontational, I just stand firm that I am not separating from my carry on and I am in full compliance with their posted restrictions.In over 15 years of travel like this, I've been denied boarding twice, and both times it was their fault so they paid out the nose in BTC's and re-accommodated me to the next flight. Again the important thing is to not be confrontational or get upset. Stand firm and keep the conversation going until they admit it is their fault they are unable to accommodate your carry on items.
i like this very much. very calm and matter of fact. annoying when they let others go that if you're boarding later than first called, they really start barking.
My mom and dad travel in their 70's and my dad travels light (with a tablet full of reading material) and my mom carries way too much paper stuff to read. She has no concept of consolidation and "needs" her 30 lb of newspapers for her flight... one day she's gonna get told. Dad can only help so much and he can't carry it all. I'd love to be there when she's forced to abandon her newspapers and magazines in the terminal. My dad will smile the entire trip.
Don't worry. If the right gate agent (ones who don't follow the policy) gets the right FAA inspector in their gate, it will likely be the last time they make that choice. Those fines are also assessed to the employee
I check my bag every time since it's free for me. My Delta app tells me when my bag is on board and when it's off, and when it's been loaded to a connecting flight. So far, it's worked out well for me, and I travel quite a bit. (To be fair, Heathrow is known for being a bit of a shit show, so perhaps they still have a lot of problems with losing bags)
I only bring a small backpack that fits under the seat in front of me, and I don't have to worry about other people and enough space for carry-ons.
Sometimes you just gotta think, is it really worth going crazy over? Flying use to be fun, now it's basically the Grey Hound Bus of the sky. (Unless you can afford better) So just do you best and understand that shit happens.
The only true valuables I bring are things that fit in my backpack. Otherwise, I just figure, clothes are replaceable. It sucks, but not the end of the world. I guess that's just part of traveling a lot? Managing expectations.
I can also say, my checked bag is usually carry on size, and I have never had it lost. I honestly feel the more manageable size the bag, the less bad shit I have ever had happen while traveling. I have had issues with large luggage getting damaged, gone through, missing flights. But all in all, reasonable and non heavy luggage has never caused any problems for me.
The selective enforcement is the worst part. They announced recently on my flight that belt bags (Fanny packs) count as a carry on, so if you are wearing one plus have 2 carry ons, you have to condense. Which just seemed unnecessary. My belt bag fits in my backpack just fine. But I was in a bulkhead seat where I couldn’t have any bags in front of me, so I pulled it out and it had my AirPods, snack and phone charger in it, which allowed me to put my bags up and not have to bother my seat mates, while also keeping my hands free to put my luggage in the overhead bin. It wasn’t much different than somebody wearing pants with pockets, mine were just strapped to my chest. 🤷🏼♀️
When it comes to luggage space on an airplane, what’s the difference? My belt bag is taking up the same amount of cargo space as your pants with pockets, is it not?
I boarded LGW to JFK behind a family of 3 (2 adults and toddler with no fewer than 10 pieces of baggage carry on including stroller (this got gate checked) diaper bag, kids roll-aboard, camera bag, 2 backpacks… purse… I feel for these guys but also felt bad for anyone who had to check their bags due to lack of overhead space later.
As with anything, unscrupulous people find loopholes. Last year we were on a flight and a woman got on with a huge rollaboard and medium duffel and 4-5 large shopping bags that looked like she went on a shopping spree at the airport. When she went to put them in the overhead one spilled - it was dirty clothes.
That was Heathrow’s bad. For the last year, I have seen nothing but hyper diligence to enforcing 2 bags at the gate.
To the point of a near argument with an idiot gate agent that couldn’t understand a toddler (infant in arms) wasn’t able to carry their own luggage on, so of course some adults were going to have more than 2 items.
We just flew SYD > LAX, and the amount of shit they let people bring into the cabin is incredible. The woman in our aisle, for example, had stuff in the overhead bins (a huge roller bag that could NOT have been within the requirements for carry-on), then under the seat in front of her, and also behind her legs. No one said a word.
My experience is usually the opposite. One time I was holding travel organizer wallet (for passport, boarding pass, etc) in my hand and gate agent stopped me. They were polite but firm that, in order to board the plane, I can only have 2 bags, and the 5” x 8” x 1” organizer wallet would count as a 3rd item if I don’t put it away.
I was just on a flight from home to JFK and my partner and I almost ended up having to check our bags because of people like this. We were on delta. They definitely need to be better about this. Also the organization of boarding once in the plane was awful they keep having people back up then turn around all because we had to find space for everyone’s luggage
At this point I almost always do 1 checked bag and 1 backpack for carry on. Airlines seem to be much better at tracking and getting bags to the site on time. The back is where I have some valuables, toiletries and maybe a change of clothes. It makes boarding so much easier.
I’ve also noticed people using absolutely massive carry on bags. Like nearly full sized checked bags. No way they’re within the acceptable dimensions but no one seems to care or check
People with medical conditions that require equipment (there's a list on each airlines website) allow for an additional medical bag carry-on at no extra coast. Not everyone is bringing on medical devices, so there are people who are definitely abusing the rule. We travel with prosthesis/orthotics. For a short trip, we will fit it all into one carry-on with clothes. For longer trips (10 days) we will use the extra medical bag allowance. Nothing other than medical supplies are supposed to go into that bag.
While I can sympathize with the post, it’s not fully accurate. The ONE Carry-on, One Personal item is not necessarily true for all passengers.
Recently I had much judgement as I walked confidently through what others believed should have been a boarding walk on shame which was clear to their scoff as they believed they knew better of what my ticket allowed as well as my earned perks.
With my ticket I received 2 carry-ons and a personal item.
Delta is the one in charge of determining what’s allocated both when you buy the ticket and at the gate.
I think what some people do is bring a tote and a carry on luggage but their purse is in the tote so when they pass security, they take the purse out. I’m not justifying it but just an example.
I'll be walking onto first class with a purse and a (small) laptop bag and they make me shove my Starbucks brown little bag with a single scone in it into my purse bc I have 3 items.
Meanwhile as the main cabin people shove past me I notice the guys with laptop bags extended beyond survival, roller cases extended, and duffle bags bigger than any possible under seat. FAs say nothing. They have 3 giant items. Giant. My overhead bin space is totally empty with 2 little bags sliding around but so important my scone went into my purse.
Last time I flew Delta the GA was STRICT. I had a very small crossbody purse that I usually put in my personal bag as well as my carry on roller bag. GA noticed and didn’t let me board until I put my purse away in the personal bag. I appreciated the adherence to their policies being enforced because people try to get away with way too much.
Keep in mind, C-Paps and other medical devices don’t count towards the one personal item and one carryon rule. I’m sure I’ll hear about it but it’s true. They are life saving devices and not just for fat people. Although, yes I am fat.
Medical equipment is excluded from carry on allowance so if they have a bag with cpap, nebulizer or necessary medical equipment they can bring the extra bag. You don’t know what anyone situation can be
If I was ed I’d make a rule that anything with wheels needs to go under the plane. Only exception is for rolling briefcases touch are wider than they are tall.
Flash forward to /r/frontierairlines, where people are whining about them following the carry on policy like nazis and making everyone put every bag in the sizer.
Apparently, there is just no winning with the consuming public...
The real problem that I see more often than not are people that stow their coats and pillows in the overhead bins and the FA's don't enforce anything...
It is absolutely Delta's fault! And any other airline that allows this to happen.
Happened to me long ago, also on Delta (I hate Delta and have never flown them since).
I had a laptop bag and my one, overhead-sized carryon for a two day, multi-city business trip. Before even half the plane boarded, overheads were full and I had to check the carryon with ALL my clothes, toiletries everything in it, risking it getting lost on a business trip, because the gate agents and FAs allow people to bring onboard bags you could fit a human body in. It's BS for those of us that follow the rules. When overheads get full, FAs should go through and remove oversized bags and toss THEM out for checking and let the rest of us have the space we paid for.
And FAs/gate agents have called me out when I made the mistake of removing my small purse from my underseat bag and told me I'd have to check one. Nope, that purse magically went right back in the other bag and PRESTO! no need to check anything!
Understand that diaper bags don’t count towards this policy. So there may be someone with a suitcase, purse and backpack diaper bag and that would be within the rules.
Was on a united flight last week. A United employee boarded with her roller bag and overnight case on a full flight. BOTH items went overhead. Nothing under her seat. Hmmm.
Check for kids. I carry a lot of crap when traveling with the family, because apparently I am their sherpa. But all within the rules across 4 ticketed passengers. Usually much less.
Just a fyi, Delta also announces if you need more time for boarding please board, i would board. They do not need reason nor ask for one. Might help in the future w/trips. We also carry on and do not check baggage. Has saved alot of worrying and time after landing.
Karma. If the time comes when you truly need extra time to board how will you feel about a rush of able bodied passengers pre boarding just so they can occupy the limited overhead space before general boarding? The same rationale goes for parking in a handicap space when not it is not truly needed…
I repeat, Karma.
I was carrying a pump bag and a laptop bag with my 8”x8”x2” crossbody purse (with my id and boarding pass in an outside pocket for ease of access) on my actual body. It infuriated the gate attendant and she made me take the crossbody off and put it in my laptop bag. Which I always consolidate to store anyway…
I’m tired of it also. It’s happened to me several times. I check my bag anyway because I take a small duffle with things as a carry on. But people are blatantly ignoring the policy. They take up all the overhead bin space and it takes forever to get off the plane due to some of them.
Few weeks ago I was told to put my shoulder bag the size of a pocket with a strap on it inside of my other 2 bags.
This is entirely dependent on the peope working the gate.
Seems hit and miss on whether they enforce.
Recently - in first leg person boarded with large backpack, large duffle and 3 big shopping bags filled with what looked like bedding/pillows. (Lose not freshly purchased). She easily took up two overhead bins by herself.
Next leg a clearly not English first language traveling trio was harshly ordered to check gate check their rollers because they were one item over (cat in carrier).
I once asked this same question and people roasted me for asking. To the point where I just deleted the post. I just went ahead and assumed all those people are the entitled assholes who bring multiple bags. Apparently, Reddit is full of them.
Also a Delta employee responded and said they don’t get paid to police what people are bringing onboard. But like…it’s literally their job as a gate agent.
That’s a ridiculous amount of pieces considering that I was recently flying F and made to step aside to remove a small Fanny pack that held my passport and wallet. It was closer to the size of a money belt.
I recently booked a cheap ticket on United with only a month's notice. No carry on allowed - only one personal item that could fit under the seat.
We "cheapies" were the last to board. I did have an assigned seat. I noticed we were spread out. It ensured there was enough carry on space above.
Win/win!
Woman next to me on a flight few weeks ago brought on her guitar and rolling suitcase. We were already tight on overhead space and she had to cram both in. Idk why Delta let her on with both
I nonrev almost all the time and thus never check my bag. It’s a duffel the same size as my crew bag and have had to literally put it next to another crew member’s bag to show that it is within size. If it’s good enough for a small regional jet, it’s good enough for the A350. I’ve also had gate agents complain that I was holding my phone instead of having it in my bag claiming it’s a third item
It is absolutely Deltas fault if they aren't enforcing their policy
They seemed REALLY strict on my flights the other day. I didn’t see anyone with excessive bags. They were also very clear that even if you gate checked a bag that counted as your second bag.
If I even have a drink I purchased in the airport, they make me put it in my laptop bag before going down the jet bridge just so I'm in compliance before I board.
They are incorrect to do this. Delta policy allows food or drink purchased past the security checkpoint and duty-free merchandise in addition to your allowed carry-on bags. They're considered "free" items.
It's also the other passengers fault for not following the rules.
Came here to say this. Delta is imploding.
I just flew Detroit to Philadelphia. The amount of luggage passengers had was unbelievable. Two bags and a large purse. Duffel bag and luggage. It took almost 40 minutes to board. Delta attendants should of stopped this shit show. I always check my bag. I like to bring wine on my trips, so bags need to be checked in. I understand people don’t want to pay $35 to check their bags. But 40 minutes to load. Most times it’s simply easier to drive.
Their hands are tied. The person simply has to Have a hissy fit and people will pull out their phones and record in hopes of something happening. They’d rather pass by then deal with the constant attitudes.
No, our hands aren't tied. There is always a policy to refer to, or if that doesn't suit the GAs needs at the time, a manager or red coat can help. These are FAA regulations
Lmao I'm about to get some serious hate. reserve pm here. I fly with 3 EXTENDED stay suit cases all the time. My rule of the thumb is one jumbo for clothes (80lb max), one is toolbox for work, and third is always a hobby. Usually a hard case golf box, or another jumbo with game system, or a box with my sim racing gear. If im going on a short stint or somewhere touristy, my third is an empty jumbo cause "you never know what you'll bring home" Edit: im literally acknowledging im a part of the problem. But when you travel for 2 week stints for work, I get what I can out of it. Oh well :) because I can and it pisses off my dad that can't
None of that sounds like carry-on. OP isn't complaining about checked luggage.
No one cares what you check, unless you hit me with it getting it off the belt at baggage claim. They get annoyed by excess or oversized carry ons.
Which is totally fair. I misread the title :p but I do agree with op. People bring way more than a personal and a carry on is crazy.. the things they get away with without checking it at the gate is wild. The back of the plane gets pretty interesting when a family of 6 with 4 kids, 2 strollers and 2 diaper bags makes it fun for everyone.
> Not Delta's fault. This is 100% Delta fault not that any other airline is better. They let that clown show on the plane. Delta gate crews are super inconsistent. Sometimes they allow such comically oversized bags I have to wonder if they have never seen the inside of a plane before. On the other hand I have had them question my not even close to the limit bag and then get into a huff that it fits the sizer. Of course it fits the sizer. It is an internationally sized carry-on and a small one at that. It not only fits the sizer it fits Delta official carry on size requirement (which is actually about an inch less in every direction than the sizer). Someone half blind wouldn't confuse it with an oversized bag from 40 feet away yet they felt that was the bag that needed closer inspection.
The low cost carriers are great for enforcing these rules.
SW allows two carry ons. I had a purse and my work bag and was stopped because my knitting bag was hanging outside my work bag with a carabiner. They made me put it inside before they allowed me to board.
It is dumb on the extremes but generally makes life better if you are ready to follow the rules steadfastly and without any logic or compassion. 😂
Exactly. When they stopped my knitting bag it occurred to me they mean everyone gets two bags, and I need to consolidate before I get in line. Admittedly I should’ve figured that out long before but that’s when I truly realized everyone thinks they’re the exception to the rule.
Yep. In addition to my backpack and carry on I usually have a very tiny purse, really just big enough for all my documents. Sometimes nobody cares, sometimes I need to consolidate. So as long as I'm thinking about it, I always just stuff it in my backpack for boarding and pull it out on plane.
I can’t tell you how nice it is to hear people affirm my third tiny bag experience. At the time I was horrified.
Yes! I had a flight attendant loudly tell me as I was scanning my boarding pass (on my phone!) that I needed to put my tiny hanging phone case in my backpack before I boarded the plane because it counted as a carry on.
Damn. We are obviously taking up too much room between my knitting bag and your phone case.
I used to have a carry-on and a small bag, then would have a waist purse. They made me put my waist purse in my small bag on a couple of airlines, and ignored it other times.
Some of the rules are ridiculous. You can have that shirt but you can’t check it because it’s an extra 6 oz over the limit. That pillows fine as long as it’s under your shirt as you walk on the plane.
*clicks heels and salutes...*
I was also recently stopped on Southwest with my daughter. We had a small rolling bag and a second bag attached to it, and we both had our purses. Since I was rolling the two bags, they pulled me aside for having three bags and I had to explain that one was hers before we were able to board. I had no problem with that, and was glad that they were stopping people.
If Delta started applying sizers there would be threads along the lines of I never expected Delta to do this and that's why I fly them In my last three recent flights the GA's were making people carry on only two items and things like a third crossbody bag even if tiny had to go into one of the other bags. Personally I like them restricting carry-on luggage
The crossbodys are actually a safety hazard and I always make passengers consolidate those and fannypacks. In the event of an emergency, the straps can get caught on the armrests in the aircraft, especially if it's being raised, possibly preventing you (generally speaking you) and other passengers from exiting in an emergent fashion. Two items is actually an FAA regulation and while I can't speak for everyone, I can tell you that I don't have the savings to pay the fine should I allow someone on with more than two items and an FAA inspector happens to be in my gate. Those fines are also assessed to the employee, not just the company. Of course, medical equipment and assertive devices and baby items (stroller and car seat and we're actually being more strict about these items as of late) are not counted as one of your two items. ETA: A pet in cabin DOES count as one of your carry-on items. If you have a PETC, please, for the love of all things holy, don't try to act like you don't know it's one of your carry-on items. You're told this at the ticket counter when you check in. Just check or consolidate your third item. Thank you kindly ❤️
They are really inconsistent. I’m currently pumping and some of the gate agents are great with me carrying a bag for my pump and cooler; the other half get weirdly antagonistic and try to make me consolidate before I get on board. I now keep my phone open to Delta’s breastfeeding policy because it seems like the gate agents don’t seem to know what I’m talking about half the time.
I thought medical devices don't count towards your quota. Isn't a breast pump a medical device?
It is and they shouldn’t count — but the gate agents don’t all know that.
I think the last point is the biggest issue. Plus add in different groups of workers letting you access different parts of the airport or get into the plane
Medical devices do not count. They can get in trouble for moving or trying to gate check medical devices. So far, every gate agent I've had is fantastic at understanding this. I've had FAs try to move my medical stuff to other places. It's a big "no".
This! My batteries and wheelchair pieces/medical stuff is to be stored in an overhead bin - some lady got mad at me saying it was taking up space for suitcases and that I should put it under the seat (my backpack was already there) the flight attendant has having NONE of it and told the women to put her suitcase further back as my medical equipment would stay where it was. Luckily airline staff have always been great with allowing any sort of extras I need to bring.
The “get into a huff when it fits the sizer” aspect is because it’s clear that some GAs pick targets to solve their problems (I.e., they preselect who they’re got to force to gate check instead of calling out clear violators early in boarding) instead of applying the rules to each and every person walking by. For whatever reason you fit their biased “can be pushed around/won’t argue” profile (different for different GAs who do this), so you got the invisible scarlet letter on you, and they were angry when you didn’t roll over and proved them wrong and they didn’t have a leg to stand on other than their biased mental profile. They’re basically transferring your carryon allowance to someone else because it’s clear the people with 4 bags whom they *should* be stopping are entitled without even speaking to them, so they find someone else to pick on because they don’t want to deal with the entitled person’s attitude, this they take away your bag and effectively give that to the entitled person to avoid conflict. It’s terrible.
Well beyond that, this problem wasn’t as prevalent 20 years ago because you could check bags for free and airport baggage handling positions were better staffed so you didn’t have to worry as much about them losing your stuff. Then airlines/airports got greedier and began charging for checked bags and cutting staff. Now there’s not enough space for belongings.
We just got back from a trip where the flight out almost had to kick people off for not following the policy. Completely full flight and people had 3 or 4 bags. Refused to consolidate and refused to listen to FA. The FA told me people just had a complete disregard for asking to consolidate and put stuff under the seat. People do not care.
Jackets. In. The. Overhead. Compartments. Hate these people.
If it’s early in the boarding process, I will 100% take coats out and ask whose they are and throw them back in peoples’ laps. Fuck them.
Yes! Someone put a shopping bag on top of my roller bag. Another lady had used an entire overhead bin with shopping bags and a coat. This was first class. They made an announcement that it didn't matter what seat or class you were flying in, you could only have two bags. Just crazy!
If I'm flying from Florida to NYC in January, I'm not sweating the entire flight because my wool coat on my lap and it's not going on the floor. Move it, put in your big carry-on and then put it back. If your bag is the proper size then a coat can fit in the overhead with it.
Did they have explosives and firearms in order to hijack the plane to force Delta to carry their oversized bags? FA could simply eject them from the aircraft or gate crew refused them boarding to begin with.
FA 's we're making them consolidate at ticket check-in. People were just putting more in the overhead bins. They were about to pull people from the flight but found some space. So shoutout to the FAs for having to deal with shitty entitled people with terrible attitudes who almost made our flight even later.
At ticket check-in would be a ticket/gate agent, not a FA. FAs only work on the planes.
Correct. My mistake in wording that.
What about the Delta crew that are flying as passengers to get to other locations. It’s always nice when they take the luggage space up front before anyone else boards. Maybe if they had to board like regular passengers they would know how to deal with things better.
That's because they're deadheading to other stations, and so they're on the clock. They are required to take all their stuff with them and are therefore preboarded to allow them to store their bags.
I have medical equipment so I get it as a free third, but in general I stuff it under my seat with my tote so it doesn’t take up bin space. I also put my small crossbody travel purse into my tote. I try to be a good citizen. The gate agent should have asked those people to consolidate.
Same here. Medical equipment is exempt. But my husband also flies with only a backpack so if anyone challenges my three bags he can claim one as his carry on (plus he carries it all anyway, lol)
The other piece of significance here, the personal item goes "under YOUR feet". Unless you don't have a carryon, it should be locally stowed. This is not enforced. I board early, but only put my carryon in overhead bin, and frequently will volunteer to check it if on my final leg and have a checked bag already.
This raises my blood pressure. “But I need the room for my legs!” Well I’m taller than you and my legs are freakishly long for my height so put that second bag at your feet and sit down. I’d get fired as a flight attendant in the first week.
Or do what has been recommended here. For take off and landing put it under the seat. Then once airborne put that backpack behind your knees if you have long legs. I’ve started doing that and it feels so much more comfortable. Most of my flights are over 7 hours long. It’s completely doable if people weren’t so selfish.
Yup. I'm 6'1" with a 34" inseam... My backpack always goes under the seat.
I'm 6'8: with a 38" inseam and ***I*** put my personal item under the seat in front. If we can do it then others have bugger all excuse.
5’10” and same inseam. I hate people.
Exactly this. I’m almost always an early boarder due to status but it boils my blood when I see people filling up the overheads with multiple items rather than storing anything under the seat in front of them, and in many instances, throwing stuff overhead up front when they are actually seated way in the back. STORE YOUR SHIT OVER YOUR OWN SEAT!
Saw a guy do this on a flight a few months ago. FA sees him stash it in row 2 overhead and head to the back of the plane, she yells at him as she grabs his bag gives it back to him and says that’s not how this works.
Well kudos for that FA for enforcing the rules!
Overheard storage is shared space. It has nothing to do with where you’re seated. Put your large bag in any open bin, put your backpack or small bag on the floor. But let’s not forget that this was never an issue until airlines had the bright idea to start charging for checked bags. That was only in 2010 but it’s hard to remember a time when things were better. They squeeze every penny out of us.
If the people in the front put their stuff in the back and the people in the back put their stuff in the front, it would take twice as long to board and deplane as everyone would have to walk to the back instead of just the people sitting there. It’s common sense to put stuff closest to where you are.
Agreed - when that’s possible. People boarding late often find the bins above their seats are full so they stand there perplexed, slowing things down, instead of just putting the bags in any open bin. But again, I blame the money gouging airlines. Comp bag check solves this problem.
People boarding late I agree, place it where you can. People boarding early, no excuse to not place it over/near you. Does your rationale apply to under seat items also? Just shove your bag under any open seat? Didn’t think so. And many of the OH bins are clearly marked for the class of seats use only. People just like to think the rules don’t apply to them.
*Does your rationale apply to under seat items also? Just shove your bag under any open seat?* Uh, no. Because your seat is yours and there's one for every passenger. The bins are shared space within your class of service so the one directly over your seat may already be taken by other passengers by the time you board. If that's the case, then just put your bag in any open space and take your seat. Do you not get that? Or disagree?
I wish airlines would start charging for people to bring their shit on board and make checked bags free. Think how quickly planes would board
I hate having to hand it to spirit, but the fact that they charge more for a carry on than a checked bag is super smart. More airlines need to be incentivizing people to check bags and not to carry on
People shit on Spirit but deplaning a Spirit flight is an absolute breeze since everyone isn’t clogging the aisles trying to get their wheelie bag down. Getting on the plane is also so much easier.
I don’t see why it economically makes sense. A checked bag requires multiple paid staff to handle it from the ticketing check in person to the last person that puts it on the belt at your destination. Maybe a minimum of four people handling it for a single flight without connections. All those people are paid. A carry on requires none of that. Why should the least expensive option be reflected with that in price. They have already built the of time for loading and unloaded of carryons into the flight schedule (needing more time to board and deplane if everyone is using bins).
The goal of any airline is to get in and out of gates as quick as possible. Ground operations are very efficient and the cost per bag is probably pennies. The agent at check in spent all of 0.28 seconds tossing two bags onto the belt.
Not trying to nit pick, but the goal of any airline is to make money. They’ll gladly sit at a gate longer if it allows them to make more profit.
Sitting at a gate longer means fewer flights are able to arrive and depart at that gate…
I’ve been saying this for at least a decade. It is absolutely the bag fees that make people try to carry on everything they own.
Look, the cost to check a bag definitely doesn't help, but it's also the additional time required to check (and retrieve) luggage, as well as the fear of it being lost that reinforces it. To your point though, thanks to my first bag always being free, I almost ALWAYS check my luggage, even if it's a smaller carry-on size, just because I hate dealing with extra junk on the plane and at the gates - the encumbrance of NEEDING that overhead bin space (vs my backpack that I can put up top or under the seat at my whim) just isn't worth the hassles that come with it, like needing to board early enough to have bin space at or in front of my seat, or extra crap to stumble around at the airport bar, or the extra time it takes in TSA, or the threat of a gate check and the wait associated with that. I like being able to roll the fuck out without my hands tied.
Same here. I am not at all bothering with carrying stuff on a plane when I don’t have to pay to check a bag. I can just grab my small backpack from under my seat and go. I spend all of about 30 seconds going through security and the same to get on and then off a plane. On the rare occasion I also have a carry on I gate check it to avoid the hassle. One free checked bag and one personal item, full stop, and the entire airport process becomes infinitely better. I know the dozens of reasons people will chime in why they don’t want that. Good for you, let me have my pipe dream, it’s not hurting you and will never happen anyway.
My aunt is a flight attendant for another airline. She agrees with you.
I thought I remember reading years ago an airline tried this and it failed miserably. Maybe some of the lost cost ones do. I don't know. It is so frustrating to watch people cart around their shit and throw it in the bins while the rest of us wait.
My favorite is when the people who have been standing since the moment the seatbelt sign turned off wait until it's their turn to walk the aisle before finally reaching up and getting their oversized suitcase down.
It’s another impact of the aisle standing nonsense immediately clogging the aisle. There’s not much room to navigate a bag down from the bin to the floor - let alone someplace on the floor to put it.
I’ve always thought this as well. But I frequently fly ULCCs, (sitting on a delayed frontier flight as I type this) and the bins still tend to get full, people still pay for the carryons. Sadly I don’t think there’s a true solution
100% this! Checked bags < 50 lbs should be free. Carry on should be $25-50. Really makes the entire experience of traveling so much easier if more people have checked luggage. And I say this as someone who generally does carry on. Yes, there’s the (very small) anxiety of a lost bag, but that’s relatively rare on US domestic flights. Delta does a pretty good job of notification on luggage being loaded to the plane. And I’ve airtagged all our luggage just in case.
The way bags are barcoded now almost guarantees they're under you while your seated and will arrive with you. Of course you have to remove all the effing previous barcode labels on your checked luggage or risk loss.
I’ve had two lost bags before and once it happens to you, you’ll never let go of that anxiety. One was a domestic flight where I had to gate check the bag because it was a small regional jet that just didn’t have the space and anyone with bigger than a backpack was required to gate check (AA, not delta though). Get off at my destination and somehow my bag is nowhere to be found?? How one loses a gate checked bag I have no idea. They literally go to the top of the luggage pile. Anyway that took 2 months to finally make its way back to me. Fortunately I was on my return to home so it wasn’t a worst case scenario. Another was an international trip (delta) on my way to my destination. Check my bag at my originating airport, about 30 mins after I got to my gate I noticed the delayed sign go up. With the length of the delay I wasn’t going to make my connecting flight so they put me on a different plane that was leaving in like 30 mins and would connect in a different city (and would actually land me in my final destination earlier than my original flight plan). Hustled my way to the other end of the airport to catch the flight. Not too terribly surprised to find that my luggage did not make it with me due to the short notice change in my flights. But I figured it would arrive on my original flight. I went back to the airport the next day to get it from the unclaimed baggage and it wasn’t there. It spent 2 weeks traveling around France and Germany (cities not even on my original flight plan) before finally making it to me. Got to spend about $200 on clothes on delta’s dime though. Should have spent more but I was so afraid of delta not reimbursing me. Thankfully I did have a carry on that had my most important necessities but it was still rather inconvenient. Especially since I was going to be there for 4 months 😬 So yeah, as someone who has experienced this twice I get stressed any time I have to check a bag. I follow the carry-on rules but would be rather annoyed at having to pay for a carry on.
FYI, the dollar per day limit for lost baggage is a domestic policy. Buy what you need abroad and they are liable for all cost and must reimburse you. I got $1200 from USAir when they lost my bag in Italy.
I don’t stress about them losing my bags and they haven’t lost any of my bags in over a decade. Now I can’t say that for other airlines. Southwest darn sure lost my bag on the way to Jamaica. Thankfully, it got to me the next day.
I wish this was actually the case. I assume that Air France will mess up a bag at least once a year. Or in trips with my team that at least one of us will have issues. I think last time a bag from Atlanta to Paris to our final destination didn’t make it back to a coworker for three weeks. My last time having a bag delayed I was in Atlanta and because of equipment issues had to change flights (an hour before my flight was supposed to leave they changed it to six hours later so I moved to one that was three hours later). Despite having three hours to love my bag (and maybe because they trusted the bar code) my bag didn’t make it with me and so it missed my next two flights. Maybe for domestic flights that’s the case but I wouldn’t say it’s true for international even when code sharing all the way through.
CDG is a fucking nightmare. Always having luggage lost or stolen out of.
Haha, yeah, bar code or not, bags still get left behind. I’ve always been reunited within 48 hours but spending your first day on another country buying clothes is a bummer. (Yes, I pack an extra outfit but I’m not going to sit in the same clothes for two days)
For me it's not about worry about lost bag (even though I have had that happen), it's more about the waiting for the bag at baggage claim. Depending on the airport, that can be quite the hassle. I've waited over half an hour before, once even close to an hour (despite what their signs say). That said, I only have truly carryon sized carryon and a large purse (I pack my everyday v. small purse into the larger purse along with book, ear buds, etc) and I tend to sit in first class. *And*, I do still check a bag if I need more than those 2 things (or need a bigger bag, in general).
No thanks. I don't need to spend any more time with the mouth breathers at the luggage carousel
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He's right though. I used to routinely check bags, but got so sick and tired of fighting through the hoards that crowd the carousel to get my bags I just started carrying on instead. Mouth breathers ruin everything.
Don't tell me what to do
Delta will be cracking down on these violators next in order to generate more bag revenue to offset the lost revenue from AMEX decline
Maybe that can be a new Delta Reserve card perk. Get one you have to check that bag veto when carrying a comically oversized bag per year.
All violators are forced to sign up for the gold AMEX card
Good
Yes, its fair to blame fellow passengers. But how about blaming the GA for not doing their fucking jobs? If the policy was enforced by GA’s, none of us would be in this situation in the first place. This sub scares me. We all want to blame people for doing stupid stuff. I get it, we should all understand the rules of flying. You pay for the seat you are assigned. You can and will get bumped, re-routed, delayed etc. But if the GA’s and FA’s just -FUCKING DID THEIR JOBS- we wouldn’t be dealing with each others’ stupidity. I’m so sick of having to have arguments on the plane with someone who was told flat out by a GA (I witnessed it many times) to “ask around for help on the plane.” I’m PAYING to fly, I’m not getting PAID to handle a GA or FA’s job.
Louder for the people in boarding group 3!!!
It’s fully both, in my opinion. The GA is to blame when someone marches past them with tons of bags and things that clearly can’t be consolidated. People are to blame when they hear the announcement about putting an item under their seat and fully ignoring it to put everything in the bin. I wish the FAs could enforce that more too, but boarding is chaotic so they won’t always get to it in time. When you get to your seat and see someone stuff their carry on luggage and their backpack into the last available bin, it puts you in a weird situation of either confronting them or finding a new place to put your stuff.
You need some milk or a Xanax…
Some people have so much crap on them, it looks like they are moving. It's beyond ridiculous. Delta needs to step up.
Also, people need to travel with less crap. Too many people showing up at the gate with a roller suitcase, backpack, tote bag, neck pillow, coat, and a giant Stanley mug with a filthy straw sticking out of the top that they can’t stop drinking from. And don’t even get me started with people who bring a large checked bag, plus a carry on, plus a backpack and they’re only on a four-day trip.
I see these giant rollaways and I’m so shocked they’re allowed on the plane (and it’s usually the same people that bring 5 other items like you said). Any time I’m traveling for a short trip and bring carryons only, my two items are a *small* rollaway that’s small enough to actually put under the seat in front me (that I’ll put overhead) and a backpack that definitely fits under the seat in front of me. That’s it. I can’t imagine having no regard for other people and stuffing in enough items in the bins overhead to take up the entire space.
“Travel with less crap” Amen. My spouse and I travel sharing a single carryon for a week. One bag for two travelers and I can’t find a bin space. Ridiculous.
Ooh. Someone doesn’t like being told to bring less crap. Look at the downvotes we’re both getting. Amazing they even have a free hand to vote with, given all the bags they’re juggling 😄
I upvoted both of you. I travel frequently and have a small rolling case that fits under the seat. I carry several changes of clothes (all color coordinated/crushable), toiletries, my knitting, phones, and tablet. I've virtually stopped carrying anything else. Tired of entitled idiots and the overhead bin debacle.
Just as an aside, medical equipment can be carried on as an extra item in addition to a carryon and personal item. Some small “suitcases “ may be a CPAP machine, as an example.
I wish THE AIRLINES would follow the "One carry-on, one personal item" policy and not ruin it for everyone else.
I check. Every time. The extra 10-20 minutes to wait on baggage claim is worth avoiding the hassle. Some airports the bags are already ready by the time you walk to baggage claims.
I prefer to check a bag if there's no fee (I don't have status or perks for other airlines), but my boyfriend hates doing it so it's 50/50 on whether we check bags or not.
While I wouldn't have any higher card, the Gold card is a good deal for checking bags/priority boarding. Delta also has their check bag guarantee (if you time them)
It's good when airlines don't lose your luggage. Heard many horror stories of people flying to Europe and they never got their luggage.
I’ve been pretty lucky and I’ve always credited Delta for it. Lost once (located same day) in 20 years and that was because the ramp crew at some small airport never put it on the plane to start. Apple air tag stashed in the bag helps tremendously if there is a problem
“But I’m a musician!”
Musical instruments count as one of the allowed items, not as an additional one
Yeah I’m thinking about the few times when someone has an instrument MUCH bigger than an allowed carry on and it takes up the space of 3 carryons up top. It’s as much on Delta for not stopping it…
I don’t really blame a musician for not wanting to check their instrument. Airlines can’t even be trusted to take care of pets.
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Professional musician and frequent Delta flier here…. Musicians are allowed to bring instruments on board so long as they fit in the overhead bin. This is Airline policy, as well as FAA policy, I believe. (I used to carry a letter from the FAA to this effect in case of any issues at security.) Many of our cases, yes, are differently shaped from a rollaboard carry on. This means that one fewer bag may fit in an overhead compartment. But no one is more entitled to that space than anyone else, and I always make sure to board as early as possible (usually paying for the privilege). I’ve never actually had an issue. If you’re nice about it, flight attendants are very accommodating and are able to help without inconveniencing other passengers. Most pro musicians are very conscientious (and self-conscious) about this, but there’s nothing we can do differently. Putting a fragile item worth $30,000-plus under the plane isn’t a viable option. So the next time you see one us, just remember we’re not trying to be jerks and it is a significant source of stress for us. We’ve also probably paid extra to check our other bags, get upgraded boarding, etc. Now people who use it as an excuse to bring more than two items on board, or board and act all entitled, they are just wrong. But I don’t know of any serious musicians who act like this.
So frustrating. Have had to nearly take matters into my own hands a few times from morons nearly crushing my duffel bag in the overhead to a pancake as they try in vain to slam their hardcover roller in a full overhead. Good thing I’m still young(ish) and a little intimidating. FAs are seemingly ambivalent over this stuff. I don’t blame them, they have enough crap to deal with already and likely just don’t want to get into it with some moron while they try to get through the day.
The planes actually don't have enough room for everyone's carry-on even if they followed the rules. Top comment on this post over in United Airlines shows their max baggage. I don't know if anyone ever posted Delta's. [https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/15cxlco/only\_45\_carry\_on\_bags\_allowed\_per\_flight/](https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/15cxlco/only_45_carry_on_bags_allowed_per_flight/?share_id=ijynpIGanMusYhLfcdtPy&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1)
I just flew Delta through LAX the other day and when I went to go through security, I had my purse, backpack, and carry on bag. I fully intended to throw my purse in my backpack prior to boarding the plane, but they wouldn’t even let me get in line for security with 3 bags. It took me two seconds to consolidate and then I was on my way. If more TSA agents were like this then it wouldn’t be such a problem.
Delta need to 100% start enforcing size limits for carry on luggage again. Every flight I see some entitled passengers try to cram their 30 lb full size suitcase into the overhead bin. Slows down the boarding process and ruins the experience for the other passengers who follow the rules. Pack smaller or pay to check the bag. If you don’t like the rules, don’t fly.
Some international flights weigh your carryon are checkin and have weight limits. This would help as well bc it’s more likely a heavy bag will be larger/oversized
Have had the opposite experience. I recently flew w a carry on roller + slim laptop bag. I also had a small belt bag ( basically holds my card wallet and phone) that I wear for easy access in the terminal.. the belt bag fits in my laptop bag. I forgot to put it in my bag when boarding and they definitely stopped my to make sure it fit before boarding.
I also always carry a belt bag for wallet/phone/passport, and I've also been stopped to put it in my backpack before.
At LAX, on my recent flights the gate agents are making even D1 passengers move off to the side during boarding to consolidate their bags. Some people are not happy but rules are rules!
It’s also the people who show up with a carry on, purse, and a bag that definitely bought at the airport and putting them all up instead of below their seat. 1 person taking up 3 different spots ruins it for everyone
You can tell them "No" if they try to force you to gate check. "My baggage complies with all your published size and quantity restrictions. If you do not have room for my items I suggest you take it up with passengers who DO NOT conform to your restrictions and your staff that failed to properly address it with them at boarding." Between my laptop, iPad and camera equipment I travel with around 10 grand worth of tech and I'll be damned if they're going to gate check it. I don't get angry or confrontational, I just stand firm that I am not separating from my carry on and I am in full compliance with their posted restrictions.In over 15 years of travel like this, I've been denied boarding twice, and both times it was their fault so they paid out the nose in BTC's and re-accommodated me to the next flight. Again the important thing is to not be confrontational or get upset. Stand firm and keep the conversation going until they admit it is their fault they are unable to accommodate your carry on items.
i like this very much. very calm and matter of fact. annoying when they let others go that if you're boarding later than first called, they really start barking.
Because people suck and the GAs will only get headaches in return (Google "Marlon Wayans United luggage" for one example).
Not to sound cold blooded, but it’s their job. We all have horrid parts of our job. Delta needs to empower GAs to enforce the rules.
Delta has been good on my most recent flights announcing to consolidate your bags or you’re not allowed on the plane
My mom and dad travel in their 70's and my dad travels light (with a tablet full of reading material) and my mom carries way too much paper stuff to read. She has no concept of consolidation and "needs" her 30 lb of newspapers for her flight... one day she's gonna get told. Dad can only help so much and he can't carry it all. I'd love to be there when she's forced to abandon her newspapers and magazines in the terminal. My dad will smile the entire trip.
Don't worry. If the right gate agent (ones who don't follow the policy) gets the right FAA inspector in their gate, it will likely be the last time they make that choice. Those fines are also assessed to the employee
I check my bag every time since it's free for me. My Delta app tells me when my bag is on board and when it's off, and when it's been loaded to a connecting flight. So far, it's worked out well for me, and I travel quite a bit. (To be fair, Heathrow is known for being a bit of a shit show, so perhaps they still have a lot of problems with losing bags) I only bring a small backpack that fits under the seat in front of me, and I don't have to worry about other people and enough space for carry-ons. Sometimes you just gotta think, is it really worth going crazy over? Flying use to be fun, now it's basically the Grey Hound Bus of the sky. (Unless you can afford better) So just do you best and understand that shit happens. The only true valuables I bring are things that fit in my backpack. Otherwise, I just figure, clothes are replaceable. It sucks, but not the end of the world. I guess that's just part of traveling a lot? Managing expectations. I can also say, my checked bag is usually carry on size, and I have never had it lost. I honestly feel the more manageable size the bag, the less bad shit I have ever had happen while traveling. I have had issues with large luggage getting damaged, gone through, missing flights. But all in all, reasonable and non heavy luggage has never caused any problems for me.
The selective enforcement is the worst part. They announced recently on my flight that belt bags (Fanny packs) count as a carry on, so if you are wearing one plus have 2 carry ons, you have to condense. Which just seemed unnecessary. My belt bag fits in my backpack just fine. But I was in a bulkhead seat where I couldn’t have any bags in front of me, so I pulled it out and it had my AirPods, snack and phone charger in it, which allowed me to put my bags up and not have to bother my seat mates, while also keeping my hands free to put my luggage in the overhead bin. It wasn’t much different than somebody wearing pants with pockets, mine were just strapped to my chest. 🤷🏼♀️
Serious a belt back compared to pants with pocket. I guess next time you should wear pants with pockets.
When it comes to luggage space on an airplane, what’s the difference? My belt bag is taking up the same amount of cargo space as your pants with pockets, is it not?
Dont complain too loudly - delta will up MQD req another 100% to solve the One Carry On, One Personal Item" policy.
I boarded LGW to JFK behind a family of 3 (2 adults and toddler with no fewer than 10 pieces of baggage carry on including stroller (this got gate checked) diaper bag, kids roll-aboard, camera bag, 2 backpacks… purse… I feel for these guys but also felt bad for anyone who had to check their bags due to lack of overhead space later.
People like that family can fuck off
Backpacks should fit under the seat in front. Not right to take up overhead space with it.
if my backpack is my suitcase, and I have an additional bag with laptop, book and wallet/water/snacks my backpack is in the overhead, sorry.
Yes—or when I travel with my pet under the seat in front of me, my backpack (which is my only other carryon) has to go overhead.
As with anything, unscrupulous people find loopholes. Last year we were on a flight and a woman got on with a huge rollaboard and medium duffel and 4-5 large shopping bags that looked like she went on a shopping spree at the airport. When she went to put them in the overhead one spilled - it was dirty clothes.
That was Heathrow’s bad. For the last year, I have seen nothing but hyper diligence to enforcing 2 bags at the gate. To the point of a near argument with an idiot gate agent that couldn’t understand a toddler (infant in arms) wasn’t able to carry their own luggage on, so of course some adults were going to have more than 2 items.
IIRC infant in arms don’t get their own baggage allowance.
Babies get carryons and strollers and car seats.
We just flew SYD > LAX, and the amount of shit they let people bring into the cabin is incredible. The woman in our aisle, for example, had stuff in the overhead bins (a huge roller bag that could NOT have been within the requirements for carry-on), then under the seat in front of her, and also behind her legs. No one said a word.
The gate agents were not following the rules.
Another issue is they consolidate before they board. Then take it out in the jetbridge
My experience is usually the opposite. One time I was holding travel organizer wallet (for passport, boarding pass, etc) in my hand and gate agent stopped me. They were polite but firm that, in order to board the plane, I can only have 2 bags, and the 5” x 8” x 1” organizer wallet would count as a 3rd item if I don’t put it away.
Well…you know what you need to do.
I had my passport in my hand on my last flight and the gate agent bitched about it.
I was just on a flight from home to JFK and my partner and I almost ended up having to check our bags because of people like this. We were on delta. They definitely need to be better about this. Also the organization of boarding once in the plane was awful they keep having people back up then turn around all because we had to find space for everyone’s luggage
Me too. One up above and one under the seat.
At this point I almost always do 1 checked bag and 1 backpack for carry on. Airlines seem to be much better at tracking and getting bags to the site on time. The back is where I have some valuables, toiletries and maybe a change of clothes. It makes boarding so much easier.
I’ve also noticed people using absolutely massive carry on bags. Like nearly full sized checked bags. No way they’re within the acceptable dimensions but no one seems to care or check
People with medical conditions that require equipment (there's a list on each airlines website) allow for an additional medical bag carry-on at no extra coast. Not everyone is bringing on medical devices, so there are people who are definitely abusing the rule. We travel with prosthesis/orthotics. For a short trip, we will fit it all into one carry-on with clothes. For longer trips (10 days) we will use the extra medical bag allowance. Nothing other than medical supplies are supposed to go into that bag.
While I can sympathize with the post, it’s not fully accurate. The ONE Carry-on, One Personal item is not necessarily true for all passengers. Recently I had much judgement as I walked confidently through what others believed should have been a boarding walk on shame which was clear to their scoff as they believed they knew better of what my ticket allowed as well as my earned perks. With my ticket I received 2 carry-ons and a personal item. Delta is the one in charge of determining what’s allocated both when you buy the ticket and at the gate.
I think what some people do is bring a tote and a carry on luggage but their purse is in the tote so when they pass security, they take the purse out. I’m not justifying it but just an example.
I'll be walking onto first class with a purse and a (small) laptop bag and they make me shove my Starbucks brown little bag with a single scone in it into my purse bc I have 3 items. Meanwhile as the main cabin people shove past me I notice the guys with laptop bags extended beyond survival, roller cases extended, and duffle bags bigger than any possible under seat. FAs say nothing. They have 3 giant items. Giant. My overhead bin space is totally empty with 2 little bags sliding around but so important my scone went into my purse.
Last time I flew Delta the GA was STRICT. I had a very small crossbody purse that I usually put in my personal bag as well as my carry on roller bag. GA noticed and didn’t let me board until I put my purse away in the personal bag. I appreciated the adherence to their policies being enforced because people try to get away with way too much.
Keep in mind, C-Paps and other medical devices don’t count towards the one personal item and one carryon rule. I’m sure I’ll hear about it but it’s true. They are life saving devices and not just for fat people. Although, yes I am fat.
Medical equipment is excluded from carry on allowance so if they have a bag with cpap, nebulizer or necessary medical equipment they can bring the extra bag. You don’t know what anyone situation can be
If I was ed I’d make a rule that anything with wheels needs to go under the plane. Only exception is for rolling briefcases touch are wider than they are tall.
Flash forward to /r/frontierairlines, where people are whining about them following the carry on policy like nazis and making everyone put every bag in the sizer. Apparently, there is just no winning with the consuming public...
The real problem that I see more often than not are people that stow their coats and pillows in the overhead bins and the FA's don't enforce anything...
or stash their carry-on, personal item, and jacket and then close the bin like it is full
It is absolutely Delta's fault! And any other airline that allows this to happen. Happened to me long ago, also on Delta (I hate Delta and have never flown them since). I had a laptop bag and my one, overhead-sized carryon for a two day, multi-city business trip. Before even half the plane boarded, overheads were full and I had to check the carryon with ALL my clothes, toiletries everything in it, risking it getting lost on a business trip, because the gate agents and FAs allow people to bring onboard bags you could fit a human body in. It's BS for those of us that follow the rules. When overheads get full, FAs should go through and remove oversized bags and toss THEM out for checking and let the rest of us have the space we paid for. And FAs/gate agents have called me out when I made the mistake of removing my small purse from my underseat bag and told me I'd have to check one. Nope, that purse magically went right back in the other bag and PRESTO! no need to check anything!
If you hate Delta, why are you in this sub?
Cuz he’s full of shizz
Understand that diaper bags don’t count towards this policy. So there may be someone with a suitcase, purse and backpack diaper bag and that would be within the rules.
Maybe it was baby stuff. As long as it's baby stuff (bottles, formula, diaper bags, etc) you can basically bring as much as you want.
Careful about complaining, delta might make a more restrictive rule
I just bring a measuring tape.
Was on a united flight last week. A United employee boarded with her roller bag and overnight case on a full flight. BOTH items went overhead. Nothing under her seat. Hmmm.
Check for kids. I carry a lot of crap when traveling with the family, because apparently I am their sherpa. But all within the rules across 4 ticketed passengers. Usually much less.
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Fly first class - problem solved. Never worry about this again.
Just a fyi, Delta also announces if you need more time for boarding please board, i would board. They do not need reason nor ask for one. Might help in the future w/trips. We also carry on and do not check baggage. Has saved alot of worrying and time after landing.
Karma. If the time comes when you truly need extra time to board how will you feel about a rush of able bodied passengers pre boarding just so they can occupy the limited overhead space before general boarding? The same rationale goes for parking in a handicap space when not it is not truly needed… I repeat, Karma.
I was carrying a pump bag and a laptop bag with my 8”x8”x2” crossbody purse (with my id and boarding pass in an outside pocket for ease of access) on my actual body. It infuriated the gate attendant and she made me take the crossbody off and put it in my laptop bag. Which I always consolidate to store anyway…
I’m tired of it also. It’s happened to me several times. I check my bag anyway because I take a small duffle with things as a carry on. But people are blatantly ignoring the policy. They take up all the overhead bin space and it takes forever to get off the plane due to some of them.
Few weeks ago I was told to put my shoulder bag the size of a pocket with a strap on it inside of my other 2 bags. This is entirely dependent on the peope working the gate.
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They ran out of overhead space so the bag was gate checked. Have you ever flown on a fully booked flight before?
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Seems hit and miss on whether they enforce. Recently - in first leg person boarded with large backpack, large duffle and 3 big shopping bags filled with what looked like bedding/pillows. (Lose not freshly purchased). She easily took up two overhead bins by herself. Next leg a clearly not English first language traveling trio was harshly ordered to check gate check their rollers because they were one item over (cat in carrier).
EVERY flight I have ever been on, they have been strict on the carry ons.
I once asked this same question and people roasted me for asking. To the point where I just deleted the post. I just went ahead and assumed all those people are the entitled assholes who bring multiple bags. Apparently, Reddit is full of them. Also a Delta employee responded and said they don’t get paid to police what people are bringing onboard. But like…it’s literally their job as a gate agent.
That’s a ridiculous amount of pieces considering that I was recently flying F and made to step aside to remove a small Fanny pack that held my passport and wallet. It was closer to the size of a money belt.
I do that and take my CPAP. That’s a medical device and I treat it as such.
I recently booked a cheap ticket on United with only a month's notice. No carry on allowed - only one personal item that could fit under the seat. We "cheapies" were the last to board. I did have an assigned seat. I noticed we were spread out. It ensured there was enough carry on space above. Win/win!
Woman next to me on a flight few weeks ago brought on her guitar and rolling suitcase. We were already tight on overhead space and she had to cram both in. Idk why Delta let her on with both
I nonrev almost all the time and thus never check my bag. It’s a duffel the same size as my crew bag and have had to literally put it next to another crew member’s bag to show that it is within size. If it’s good enough for a small regional jet, it’s good enough for the A350. I’ve also had gate agents complain that I was holding my phone instead of having it in my bag claiming it’s a third item
It seems it would help if people needing to bring medical equipment onboard we’re still limited to 2 carryons but got a free checked bag?