Carry-on madness

[Lacessit]

I guess everyone has seen people of all nationalities who are too cheap  to purchase hold luggage, and instead have rigid suitcases which can barely fit into overhead lockers. If they all meet airline specifications for carry-on luggage, I will bare my bum in Times Square.

 

Or the ones who have the carry-on, then add a couple of large Krispy Kreme boxes. Eat s##t and die.

 

It's obvious the airlines do nothing to discourage the practice, even with items which are manifestly way over volume and weight restrictions.

 

I am wondering when someone is going to be turned into a paraplegic by being hit with an oversize, overweight item tumbling onto their head from an overhead locker. And what excuses the airline will have.

 

It also slows down the boarding and disembarkation processes, when most five foot Asians can't even reach the lip of the lockers.

 

Being six foot, I used to help. Now I think, stew in your own juice.

[stoner]

not just the oversize carry on but the number of items they are bringing on a plane.

 

their big carry on. then their secondary (which is supposed to be a handbag etc) then an extra bag from duty free and the donuts you mentioned on top of that. 

 

most of what people use as carry on now would never fit into the steel box at the check in. but as you say nothing is done about it. 

 

would you like some peanuts sir ? 

[AreYouGerman]

It's the airline's responsibility, not yours. So, if they allow these small trolleys as carry-on, it will be used. If they don't check the size and weight (but they usually do with normal airlines) you should take it up with the airline. Good luck.

 

if you are getting fed up with other people's luggage, just travel business as we normal people do.

[Lacessit]

27 minutes ago, stoner said:

not just the oversize carry on but the number of items they are bringing on a plane.

 

their big carry on. then their secondary (which is supposed to be a handbag etc) then an extra bag from duty free and the donuts you mentioned on top of that. 

 

most of what people use as carry on now would never fit into the steel box at the check in. but as you say nothing is done about it. 

 

would you like some peanuts sir ? 

Very happy to be back here, I left Melbourne when it was 13 C, not counting windchill.

 

Hoping to survive a plague carrier seated next to me, who coughed continuously from Melbourne to Singapore. The Singapore - Bangkok leg had a howling infant a few seats away. The joys of air travel.

[Bill97]

Going to the hospital now to see if I really did survive 4 flights uninjured last month

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, AreYouGerman said:

It's the airline's responsibility, not yours. So, if they allow these small trolleys as carry-on, it will be used. If they don't check the size and weight (but they usually do with normal airlines) you should take it up with the airline. Good luck.

 

if you are getting fed up with other people's luggage, just travel business as we normal people do.

I am not aware of business class being available on domestic flights within Thailand.

Normal people prefer to spend their money on things less ephemeral than business class big-noting.

[Bill97]

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Normal people

Who are they ?

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Bill97 said:

Who are they ?

If you need to ask that question, perhaps you are not one of them.

[stoner]

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Very happy to be back here, I left Melbourne when it was 13 C, not counting windchill.

 

Hoping to survive a plague carrier seated next to me, who coughed continuously from Melbourne to Singapore. The Singapore - Bangkok leg had a howling infant a few seats away. The joys of air travel.

 

i had the joy of being sat next to a monster of a man from toyko to toronto last week - 12 hour flight. he took up about 25 percent of my seat. one positive was the plane was 777 so i had plenty of leg room.

[Lacessit]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

i had the joy of being sat next to a monster of a man from toyko to toronto last week - 12 hour flight. he took up about 25 percent of my seat. one positive was the plane was 777 so i had plenty of leg room.

How about the ones who cannot possibly give up a nanosecond of posting on social media, after being told repeatedly by cabin staff to shut down their phone/tablet/ laptop during takeoff and landing.

[Fat is a type of crazy]

29 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Very happy to be back here, I left Melbourne when it was 13 C, not counting windchill.

 

Hoping to survive a plague carrier seated next to me, who coughed continuously from Melbourne to Singapore. The Singapore - Bangkok leg had a howling infant a few seats away. The joys of air travel.

People will be jealous given the hellish heatscape that is Bangkok and Thailand. I am enjoying the cool Melbourne weather. But when I go to Thailand in coming weeks I have 14 kg carry on rather than normally half of that which means 2 decent sized bags so saves me having to pick up bags later. 

[stoner]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How about the ones who cannot possibly give up a nanosecond of posting on social media, after being told repeatedly by cabin staff to shut down their phone/tablet/ laptop during takeoff and landing.

 

i love these 2 scenarios as well.

 

1 - good morning passengers we will start boarding flight f2....they can't even finish announcing it and the majority of people stand up and line up.

 

2 - plane lands the wheels stop and instantly most stand up grab their bag and literally try to get up the rows to get out. ahhh the door isn't even connected yet never mind open. 

[Korat Kiwi]

Oh the joys of flight.  My number 1 observation once seated is to find where the kids are seated. 

 

I cannot stand spoilt brats making lots of noise.  Babies crying comes a close second. 

 

Some time ago there was an idea to have a family/kids section on planes.  Great idea.  Make sure it's got a seperate sound proof wall too. 

 

I've been very lucky the last few years.  Good quiet flights and courteous passengers.  The way it should be. 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, stoner said:

 

i love these 2 scenarios as well.

 

1 - good morning passengers we will start boarding flight f2....they can't even finish announcing it and the majority of people stand up and line up.

 

2 - plane lands the wheels stop and instantly most stand up grab their bag and literally try to get up the rows to get out. ahhh the door isn't even connected yet never mind open. 

If I am picking up hold luggage, I wait seated until nearly everyone has left the plane. I've never had the situation where my luggage beats me to the carousel.

 

I am usually last aboard, or close to it. No plane can take off when there is hold luggage aboard, and no corresponding passenger.

[Robert Paulson]

I have a huge pet peeve about these people who have indestructible hard case carryons. And then they slam them in the bin, as if everyone’s luggage was hard case. And seriosuly push and jam it in. People bring fragile items on the plane. That’s the whole point. And these people assume everyone’s luggage is hard case. I could let loose on one of these morons one day

[Prubangboy]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 

 

add a couple of large Krispy Kreme boxes. Eat s##t and die.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, mystifying. Like a generic donut freely available at any Central Mall.

 

The power of branding -huge with our Chinese friends.

 

Also: Toberone chocolate bar -ever knowingly bought outside of Duty Free?

[Keeps]

1 hour ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Oh the joys of flight.  My number 1 observation once seated is to find where the kids are seated. 

 

I cannot stand spoilt brats making lots of noise.  Babies crying comes a close second. 

 

Some time ago there was an idea to have a family/kids section on planes.  Great idea.  Make sure it's got a seperate sound proof wall too. 

 

 

They should all be made to sit outside....

[a3tsw]

I have just recently flown with a certain LCC from London Stansted to Boston via Rejkavick and they are now charging extra for luggage to go into the overhead lockers.

They have 2 of those luggage frames at check-in desks and again at the boarding gate.

1 frame is used to test luggage dimensions for the overhead locker and a smaller frame is used for luggage that should fit under the seat in front of the passenger.

They were rigidly enforcing this requirement at both positions (Check-in and again at Boarding Gate) and anyone who had not prepaid for hand luggage/overhead compartment were being charged 90 Euros..

There were arguments all over the place and the flight was delayed by over an hour because of this nonsense..

[CharlieH]

I always favored the scales method, where the passenger stands on a scale with ALL their luggage etc and are charged per total weight of everything including them, not individual parts of it.

[a3tsw]

9 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

I always favored the scales method, where the passenger stands on a scale with ALL their luggage etc and are charged per total weight of everything including them, not individual parts of it.

What airline does that?

[G_Money]

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If you need to ask that question, perhaps you are not one of them.

You already know I’m not normal.  I actually agree for a change with most of your post.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I guess everyone has seen people of all nationalities who are too cheap  to purchase hold luggage, and instead have rigid suitcases which can barely fit into overhead lockers. If they all meet airline specifications for carry-on luggage, I will bare my bum in Times Square.

 

Or the ones who have the carry-on, then add a couple of large Krispy Kreme boxes. Eat s##t and die.

 

It's obvious the airlines do nothing to discourage the practice, even with items which are manifestly way over volume and weight restrictions.

 

I am wondering when someone is going to be turned into a paraplegic by being hit with an oversize, overweight item tumbling onto their head from an overhead locker. And what excuses the airline will have.

 

It also slows down the boarding and disembarkation processes, when most five foot Asians can't even reach the lip of the lockers.

 

Being six foot, I used to help. Now I think, stew in your own juice.

 

So, are you claiming that midgets should be boarded last?

Or, are you suggesting that the overhead bins be lowered for Asians?

What?

 

 

[Lacessit]

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

So, are you claiming that midgets should be boarded last?

Or, are you suggesting that the overhead bins be lowered for Asians?

What?

 

 

There is a frame at every gate for measuring luggage size. If the luggage does not fit that frame, send the person back to check-in to have the case put into hold luggage, and pay for it.

I am happy to help midgets if, IMO, their stuff in the overhead locker is a reasonable size. Small people with luggage nearly as big as themselves can go screw.

 

[Lacessit]

7 hours ago, G_Money said:

You already know I’m not normal.  I actually agree for a change with most of your post.

 

But please don’t show your bum.

 

 

 

I used to fly business class on the company dime, and when prices were reasonable pre-COVID. Even in business class, there were still people with outsize cabin luggage. Perhaps they did not want to wait at a carousel.

Don't worry, the probability of me actually having to bare my bum is vanishingly small.

[Lacessit]

9 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

Yeah, mystifying. Like a generic donut freely available at any Central Mall.

 

The power of branding -huge with our Chinese friends.

 

Also: Toberone chocolate bar -ever knowingly bought outside of Duty Free?

I tried a Krispy Kreme - once. It seemed to be an amalgam of fat, carbohydrate, and sugar.

Duty Free nowadays appears to be an oxymoron, everything in there is too expensive.

I don't drink, smoke, or use perfume, so I am a poor target.

[save the frogs]

10 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:

I have a huge pet peeve about these people who have indestructible hard case carryons. And then they slam them in the bin, as if everyone’s luggage was hard case. And seriosuly push and jam it in. People bring fragile items on the plane. That’s the whole point. And these people assume everyone’s luggage is hard case. I could let loose on one of these morons one day

 

No actually YOU are missing the point.

The entire POINT of hard shell cases is to protect fragile items.

If you have fragile items, then get a hard shell.

OR ... you can wrap it in bubble wrap.

But YOU are missing the whole point if you expect your opponents to bring soft shell suitcases not to damage YOUR crap. 

Nobody cares about your crap. People care about their own crap 

[Lacessit]

8 hours ago, CharlieH said:

I always favored the scales method, where the passenger stands on a scale with ALL their luggage etc and are charged per total weight of everything including them, not individual parts of it.

IMO us bigger guys are discriminated against enough by having to shoehorn ourselves into seats designed to maximize airline profit, and minimize leg room. Although I do agree obese people should not be taking up the seat space of others.

What's next, BMI and skinfold testing?

[Lacessit]

Just now, save the frogs said:

 

No actually YOU are missing the point.

The entire POINT of hard shell cases is to protect fragile items.

If you have fragile items, then get a hard shell.

OR ... you can wrap it in bubble wrap.

But YOU are missing the whole point if you expect your opponents to bring soft shell suitcases not to damage YOUR crap. 

 

How many hard shell cases would fit in the frame at every gate? My answer is damn few.

[doctormann]

10 hours ago, stoner said:

 

i love these 2 scenarios as well.

 

1 - good morning passengers we will start boarding flight f2....they can't even finish announcing it and the majority of people stand up and line up.

 

2 - plane lands the wheels stop and instantly most stand up grab their bag and literally try to get up the rows to get out. ahhh the door isn't even connected yet never mind open. 

Try flying on the internal Chinese airlines.  On landing, as soon as the wheels touch the runway the passengers are up and out of their seats, grabbing their stuff from the overhead lockers.  Once at the gate they all make a dash for the toilets.  I was told by a 'reputable' authority that they are reluctant to use the on-board toilets as there is a dragon hiding in there.  Hence, on landing they are all bursting to go to the loo.  Quite funny to see but not at all safe.  The airline staff seem not to give a hoot.

[save the frogs]

15 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How many hard shell cases would fit in the frame at every gate? My answer is damn few.

 

There are plenty of hard shell cases that are designed with carry-on dimensions.

There are some that are even smaller than maximum carry on size.

Again, please explain why someone should be more concerned about your belongings than their own.

If you know everyone else has a hard shell and you have fragile stuff, buy a hard shell.