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To hell with luggage limits!
posted Sunday, 20 July 2008
 | Where do I sign-up for THIS flight?!!! Okay, but incredible eye-candy aside...I've been thinking about this new U.S. airline industry strategy of charging customers to check their luggage, which in my experence, most savvy flyers avoid doing anyway. Business travellers and backpackers alike know how much more quickly you can get in and out of an airport if you limit yourself to a carry-on. (Not to mention the fact that you significantly reduce the chance of an airline losing your luggage if you don't check any in the first place.) |
And even if the airlines in question actually enforce their own carry-on luggage limits (something that most of them have not bothered to do before now), you don't need to be a math wiz to realize that there isn't enough overhead compartment space to accomodate every passenger on a fully-booked flight. If you're among the last couple rows to board, forget it...your regulation carry-on is going to be taken by the flight crew and checked anyway.
So my new strategy is to fly with the absolute bare necessities: my iBook, a clean pair of undies, and a toothbrush. And if the pilot looks anything like this guy, even the iBook and underwear will be optional.
