I bet they were skiplagging. Not actually traveling to final destination on their tickets.

I witnessed this first hand. Poor foreign young girl freaked out and had to book another flight.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh. Sometimes flight attendants and gate agents go on power trips or want to get their standby buddies on the flight. I would believe the passengers over the people on the plane.

Right? Pretty sure someone on the spectrum would refuse to release their carry-on because they're not exactly flexible people. But they're getting penalized despite the rules getting changed on the fly (no pun intended). Try pulling that move on a lawyer, lol. Whew!

What’s a good way to keep your carry on with you?
I know some people who just take it inside the plane despite being told to gate check it at the end of the bridge but might it get them in trouble?

Anonymous wrote:Meh. Sometimes flight attendants and gate agents go on power trips or want to get their standby buddies on the flight. I would believe the passengers over the people on the plane.

Right? Pretty sure someone on the spectrum would refuse to release their carry-on because they're not exactly flexible people. But they're getting penalized despite the rules getting changed on the fly (no pun intended). Try pulling that move on a lawyer, lol. Whew!

Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight and my seat-mate was uninvited because he vaped in the bathroom!

Did anyone else take their seat? Or did you luck out to fly next to an empty seat?

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Anonymous wrote:We had this issue a few years ago when the airline was full and the FA demanded my daughter check her violin. It’s a 10,000 dollar instrument and we were NOT going to check it. She was heading to a major performance. So we walked off the flight. The airline reimbursed us and provided miles as an apology.

It’s not always drugs.

Does a violin case even meet the size limits for carry on?

Yes. There is tons of guidance on carryon for instruments.

I’ve seen people carry on guitars and find it so rude. The guitar takes up the entire overhead bin space.

So check your bag. If you check an expensive instrument it’s going to break, or be out of tune, or generally some idiot traveling will smash their suitcase on top of it.

Anonymous wrote:People act like waiting to pick up their checked luggage is brutal.

It's really not. You leisurely disembark the plane. Take your bathroom break. Check your texts.

And then viola, your bag appears.

and on super long flights, is SO nice not to be lugging multiple carry-ons

I will always want to bring on multiple carry ons and never check my luggage. Some airports take FOREVER to unload the checked luggage (DCA, I'm looking at you), I've gotten my luggage lost several times, and I hate the huge heavy suitcase when traveling with family. I want us all to have light, small carryon luggage. We will pay for that privilege.

Anonymous wrote:People act like waiting to pick up their checked luggage is brutal.

It's really not. You leisurely disembark the plane. Take your bathroom break. Check your texts.

And then viola, your bag appears.

and on super long flights, is SO nice not to be lugging multiple carry-ons

At my home airport, the baggage claim is the opposite end of the airport from both the gates and long-term parking. If you check a bag, you have to walk to length of the terminal, then back. I logged 3.2k steps last time. I travel once a week and carry on 95% of the time so I can go straight to my car, and you want to check a bag...why? No thanks. I have better things to do with my time.

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Anonymous wrote:Airlines should make checking luggage free and charge out the wazoo to bring a carryon.

100000000000%!

Idiot.

Let's see how you like YOUR Vicodin and jewelry stolen.

Thats not the right example. You have a personal item (a purse or a backpack) where you can store your medicines, dont need the carry on for that. I always carried with me 7 weeks worth of two epilepsy drugs (one was liquid so has to be tested each time), plus i kids ibuprofen, allergy medications plus my thyroid medications when flying overseas to see family. Always in my backpack, never in the carry on. Same for jewerly. If you need a carry on to carry vicodin or jewerly you are carrying too much of both. I do think carry one should always be free. Airlines are cramming more and more people on flights so too many carry on.

I carry three laptops. I am not going to shove in all my personal stuff along with them. My laptop bag is big enough as is. And since I generally fly in paid F, I see now reason I can't bring a rollaboard along.

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Anonymous wrote:I really like the idea of charging for carryons and not for checked luggage. I'll definitely pay for a carryon and will be more likely to have it not kicked into checked luggage.

International carriers are now starting to charge people for checking in luggage while carry on remains free. I can get enough clothes for a two week trip in a carry on. Keep your dirty greedy taxing paws off my carry on.

International carriers? This is almost every carrier except southwest.

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Anonymous wrote:Many people do not realize that it is a Federal offense to disobey the direction of cabin crew.

Airlines often don't back them up though, since they make so much money on business/VIP travelers.

It is, but it is unfortunate that the majority of the FAs have an IQ equivalent to room temperature, and poor training. At least on most US carriers. Decision making and logic are not their fortes, and often their biggest concern is getting everything done in record time so that they can chitchat with each other.

And truthfully, most have an over-inflated sense of their value/importance

"WE ARE HERE FOR YOUR SAFETY"

No, you're not. You're here to toss little bags of pretzels at people

People act like waiting to pick up their checked luggage is brutal.

It's really not. You leisurely disembark the plane. Take your bathroom break. Check your texts.

And then viola, your bag appears.

and on super long flights, is SO nice not to be lugging multiple carry-ons

Reminds me of the wordingDisney uses when firing park workers….”you’ve been promoted to guest”.

Anonymous wrote:I really like the idea of charging for carryons and not for checked luggage. I'll definitely pay for a carryon and will be more likely to have it not kicked into checked luggage.

The problem is that checked luggage actually costs the airlines more money vs. carry-on bags. They need to pay for baggage handlers. Weight is directly determinative for fuel consumption and checked luggage will always be heavier, as carry on suitcases force passengers to cut down on the crap they bring.

One way to do it is to lower the price on checked baggage (from $30 to $15/bah) while charging a premium for carry-on bags ($40). Allow business/first class only to bring a carry-on bag without additional payment, and maybe the top-tier of status.

I can see the airlines doing this eventually. Business travelers will absolutely eat the cost of paying for a carry-on bag since they want to travel as lightly and quickly as possible, plus the company will pay for it (not the traveler).

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Anonymous wrote:Airlines should make checking luggage free and charge out the wazoo to bring a carryon.

100000000000%!

Idiot.

Let's see how you like YOUR Vicodin and jewelry stolen.

Thats not the right example. You have a personal item (a purse or a backpack) where you can store your medicines, dont need the carry on for that. I always carried with me 7 weeks worth of two epilepsy drugs (one was liquid so has to be tested each time), plus i kids ibuprofen, allergy medications plus my thyroid medications when flying overseas to see family. Always in my backpack, never in the carry on. Same for jewerly. If you need a carry on to carry vicodin or jewerly you are carrying too much of both. I do think carry one should always be free. Airlines are cramming more and more people on flights so too many carry on.

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Anonymous wrote:Airlines should make checking luggage free and charge out the wazoo to bring a carryon.

100000000000%!

Idiot.

Let's see how you like YOUR Vicodin and jewelry stolen.