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Making Sense Of New Airline Luggage Rules



With all the new airline luggage rules put in place in the past few years, sometimes it is difficult to know how to pack. Your flight or airline may put a cap on the weight of your checked baggage. Carry-on rules are tight, too, not only does the bag have to be small, but many routes now do not allow liquids in the carry-on. It pays to know how to pack before you get to the airport so you do not run into trouble just as you are trying to take off.

Checked Luggage

Airline luggage rules vary about the allowable weight of checked baggage. A large box containing a lampshade, for example, is usually more acceptable than a small bag full of rocks or seashells. It is all in the weight.

Also, most airlines allow each passenger to check a maximum of one, two, or three bags - though first class passengers may get a larger allowance. The weight of all your bags is added up; if you go over the limit, expect to pay a fee. In some cases, you may actually be told to take some things out of your bags and mail them home!

Most of the things that are forbidden by airline luggage rules are pretty clear: weapons, flammable substances, and live animals for example.

Carry-On Bags

The rules for carry-on bags have changed lately. All dangerous items banned from checked baggage are banned from carry-ons, too, but there are many additional things banned from the airplane cabin.

Anything the least bit pointy or sharp, like nail files, knives and even tweezers must not go in the carry-on, according to airline luggage rules. All these things are okay for checked bags, however.

It is now also illegal in many countries to carry liquids into an airplane cabin. And most people carry more liquids than they may think about: drinks, lotion, makeup or medicine, to name a few. Even duty-free shops are feeling the heat; buy cut-rate liquor in the departure terminal, and many planes will make you leave it there, too.

Following The Rules

The bottom line is to pack smart. Make sure to put all liquids and small metal things like scissors into the checked baggage. Keep the checked bags under about forty pounds. You can always call for your airline's luggage rules. Also, one of the reasons you always want to arrive early for your flight is so you have time to take care of any luggage issues that may come up. When in doubt, it is best to leave something at home rather than risk the trouble of breaking the luggage rules.


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Carry-On Luggage Size: A Virtual War Is Being Waged Against Oversized And Overweight Carry-On Bags



If you are planning on going on a trip and using air travel as a means of conveyance and also thinking about having carry-on luggage to be taken aboard the aircraft, it is wise to consider a few helpful tips that will enable you to get around the carry-on luggage size restrictions being imposed by airlines. It is better to think small as most airlines allow a maximum carry-on luggage size of forty-five linear inches which, in simple terms, refers to the total of height, width as well as depth of the bag. Since no oversize packages are permitted onboard aircraft, you need to check in anything that exceeds the permissible size constraints.

Think Small And Think Smart

It is also advisable to think smart and plan on checking more of your baggage and have less carry-on luggage pieces. In this regard, you need to check with the airline and ascertain its carry-on guidelines so that the carry-on luggage size limits are complied with. Some airlines will also, under certain circumstances, require most or almost all of the bags to be checked, and you need to be prepared for such eventualities.

Of late, it seems that most airlines have declared war on passengers who insist on carting their entire luggage with them on board the aircraft. With more passengers traveling these days, airlines have to contend with carry-on overloads, and this has led airlines such as United Airlines into launching a nationwide "Know Your Limit" campaign that targets cutting down on the number as well as size of carry-on items.

Such carry-on luggage size restrictions have even led luggage makers into joining forces with airlines and designing smaller carry-on bags to comply with new standards. Other manufacturers are taking the route of printing thousands of marketing tags to inform shoppers which bags meet the tighter carry-on luggage size restrictions and which do not.

Leading luggage manufacturer Samsonite has upgraded as well as is promoting its renowned hard-sided suitcases to be the luggage that won't get crushed easily inside the hold of the aircraft. All the more reason that, with crowded flights and stricter rules for carry-on luggage size, it may be wiser to buy such luggage items to obviate the necessity of being forced to check in carry-on bags that do not fit with size and weight limits.

In the continuing battle to keep passengers from exceeding carry-on luggage size restrictions it is normal to see signs such as "Reasonable Carry-On", "Put Your Luggage to the Size-Wise Test" and "Am I Too Big?" giving passengers advance warning to stay within limits.


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