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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also be aware that with United Basic you can not bring a carry on..only something that will fit under the seat.  You can pay to check a bag but there is no option for a carry on at all.  The one time I did it....as we waited to be the last boarding group they really gave us the peon treatment.  That said I ended up with a window seat next to an empty middle so it worked out fine.[/quote]

I’m looking at my basic economy confirmation email right now and it says carry-on baggage allowed. [/quote]

for which airline?  Delta and American basic economy tickets do allow full-size carry-ons which only fit in the overhead bin.  United is the one of the "Big 3" which does not allow that for basic economy.[/quote]

And yes, even with United basic economy you can have a backpack sized carry-on, as long as it's no bigger than 17x10x9.  Most roller type carry-on sized bags are between 20-23 inches in length, so they wouldn't qualify and have to go in the overhead bin.  That's what United basic economy doesn't allow for free.[/quote]

How do they even know this when you board?  I have flown United many times (never basic economy though), and I can't think of ever seeing someone stopped for trying to board with carry on luggage as long as it's regular carry on size.  Does a big X come up on the scanner?  [/quote]

The last two flights I have been on had an attendent come through the waiting area and look at people's tickets to see their baggage allowances.  If you weren't in certain classes, you were gate checked right there.  It was great.[/quote]

But gate checking is for free, so isn't that sort of defeating the purpose of the basic economy prices - from United's standpoint at least.  [/quote]

No- if you are basic economy they will charge you to gate check.  This is only for United, to be clear, for basic economy in the US, Caribbean and Mexico.[/quote]

So there's an attendant coming through the waiting area and plucking people out to gate check AND taking payment? I don't believe this. [/quote]

https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/basic-economy.html

"You can prepay to check a bag or [b]check a carry-on at your gate for the regular bag fee plus an additional $25.[/b]"

I have never flown basic economy so I can't confirm from experience.  But that's what the United website says (emphasis added).[/quote]

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