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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]OMG people just check a bag.

No need to squeeze your sunscreen into multiple 3 oz bottles you bought from Target, or wash your underwear in the sink every night, or stress out about your boarding group.

Some airports the checked luggage gets to baggage claim before I do.[/quote]

We fly with my daughter's figure skates in a carry on.  I'm not checking them, because if they don't make it, no competition. Others travel with medical equipment or special food that needs to make it to their destination.  So, no, sometimes it's not just someone being a diva.[/quote]

Presumably these things don't need to go in a wheeled carry-on that would be caught by gate agents.[/quote]

Exactly. Competing daughter can put her skates in a backpack with a change of clothes and medicine.
Mom can put her medical equipment in a backpack with a change of clothes. etc. [/quote]

Sure they can but it’s annoying to have to.  The airline says you can bring a bag of X size (which your actual skate bag is) but then in order to actually get on the plane you have to repack your things into a different bag you aren’t going to use at the final destination.  No way does anyone want to lug all their competitive figure skating equipment around in a backpack the whole trip.  We used rolling bags even in the 90s to drive to competitions.

I honestly think it would make more sense to just have the airlines state a smaller size (fits under the seat in front of you) did economy carryons just so there’s no ambiguity or doubt.  And maybe only charge for large checked bags.[/quote]

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