I have always checked baggage when flying due to a large suitcase. And there is something so liberating about just dumping the bag during check-in, and then jaunting through the terminal sans baggage. Tomorrow, I am going for a short trip and could pack everything into a regulation-size wheeled suitcase and thus do carry on. Both planes (+ 1 connection), are full to capacity. Is it worth the hassle of trying to find overhead? Schlepping it through two airports? Compared to the potential of losing my bag for the duration of my trip, which recently happened? What do you do? Strategies?
posted by nanook
on Mar 18, 2013 -
34 answers
Currently I'm in Italy. In March I'll be travelling to Scotland by train and making stops along the way. Then I'll be flying home to Toronto. My problem is that I have a lot of luggage that I needed for an extended professional stay in Italy, but which will only serve to encumber me when I go traveling. What is the best way for me to forward one large (standard checked baggage) suitcase home to Canada from Italy when I head out? I would especially appreciate any advice based on personal experience.
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posted by Evstar
on Jan 12, 2013 -
15 answers
How likely is it that Delta Airlines will accept my slightly-oversize backpack as carry-on?
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posted by Hither
on Sep 20, 2012 -
15 answers
Which of these two (complicated) flight options will
A) give me the biggest baggage allowance, and
B) cost the least for excess bags?
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posted by hasna
on Sep 20, 2011 -
4 answers
please help me figure out what I want to say to my partner with regard to our major, major problems, and how to say it. It's long, omg so long.
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posted by sockpuppet yo
on Aug 11, 2011 -
69 answers
I'm flying to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport later this month. My flight arrives around 11 PM, but thanks to an unforeseen scheduling snafu, my ride won't be able to pick me up until early the next morning. Normally, I'd just hang out in the terminal overnight, but on this trip, I'll have a checked bag. What would happen if I just waited until the next morning to retrieve my suitcase from baggage claim?
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posted by easy, lucky, free
on Jul 2, 2011 -
23 answers
I will be living out of my 45 liter/2,700 cu. in. backpack for three weeks in a foreign country (Japan). Help me not lose my mind: please share your tips & tricks to stay sane.
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posted by halogen
on Dec 9, 2010 -
29 answers
Do all international airlines automatically transfer checked in baggage to connecting airlines on different airlines ( non codeshare/alliances )? How do they do it?
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posted by manny_calavera
on Nov 23, 2010 -
8 answers
My flight from Toronto to Newark a couple of days ago was canceled, and when I asked whether I could be put on a flight to LaGuardia or JFK instead, I was told that they couldn't transfer my bag from one flight to another -- that I would have to pass back through customs to the ticketing area to retrieve my bag, and then go through customs and security again. (And in order to do that, I'd also have to return my duty-free items and re-purchase them.)
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posted by cider
on Oct 17, 2010 -
9 answers
Which airline flying to Heathrow London has the best extra baggage and heavy baggage prices?
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posted by KimikoPi
on Aug 25, 2010 -
3 answers
Urgent-British-Airways-Filter: How do I check in and pay for extra luggage online (cheaper than at the airport)?
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posted by freddymetz
on Aug 24, 2010 -
6 answers
We are flying back to Colorado from Washington Reagan (National) Airport [DCA] at 1:55 PM on July 6. We just got into an hour-long White House tour at 11 AM that day. Question: What should we do with our stuff during the tour?
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posted by lukemeister
on Jun 24, 2010 -
14 answers
Do International travelers have to pay checked baggage fees for domestic flights within the United States?
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posted by crossoverman
on Apr 23, 2010 -
10 answers
I feel like I will never have the type of a guy I desire because who wants a divorced woman with two kids?
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posted by lona_here
on Mar 2, 2010 -
47 answers
Air Canada WTF? On Tuesday I took a trip from Laguardia Airport to Pearson Toronto to CDG, Paris on Air Canada. From Toronto to Paris, they lost one of my bags, which wouldn't be terrible except said bas contained 1) My only change of clothes for the next 2 weeks 2) My BFs extra heart medication and 3) I'm leaving for Prague in 4 days and there is still no news. Is there anyone I can call or talk to see that I actually get my stuff before I leave France? Kakfaesque detail follows.
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posted by The Whelk
on Jan 7, 2010 -
21 answers
Has anyone used the Virgin Atlantic Excess Baggage service to send unaccompanied baggage overseas? Seems like a good deal compared with standard freight forwarding but wondering if I'm missing something.
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posted by gfrobe
on Aug 7, 2009 -
1 answer
I have accidentally left some luggage at a hotel in France and need it delivered to the UK as soon as possible. All of the courier services I have been in touch with seem not to deal with personal effects. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
posted by FuckingAwesome
on Jun 23, 2009 -
5 answers
American flying from Prague into London Stansted airport on Easyjet. I then have 2.5 hours to catch a flight on Ryanair to Glasgow. Will I have enough time to check my luggage, or will I have to do carry-on?
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posted by Windigo
on Jun 18, 2009 -
4 answers
Dead ex, fifteen year age difference, with jazzy tunes in the background.. help? (aka- do I dump my boyfriend?)
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posted by anonymous
on May 31, 2009 -
26 answers
Returning from Hawaiian honeymoon on the Big Island. We're flying out of Honolulu, but we're on Oahu for about 12 hours before the flight back home. Airline only allows baggage check in 4 hours before departure. Is there anywhere we can safely store our baggage so we don't have to lug it around all day?
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posted by Nelsormensch
on Mar 15, 2009 -
6 answers
When packing for two seasons, how can I avoid airline baggage fees on size and weight?
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posted by netbros
on Sep 22, 2008 -
13 answers
Question for frequent flyers: have airlines' new pay-to-check-a-bag policies significantly affected how much baggage passengers are trying to carry on board? To the point where it's gone from just aggravating to completely !%@#!*#@ impossible?
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posted by Kat Allison
on Aug 5, 2008 -
22 answers
Help my wife! She's stuck in Philadelphia airport. Can't get her connecting flight until 1:00 at the earliest. Will US Airways let her ditch the connection and ship her bags home?
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posted by lockedroomguy
on Aug 2, 2008 -
4 answers
London+England transportation/extra baggage shipping / hotel chains questions. A minor question about Scotland as well.
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posted by elpapacito
on Jun 2, 2008 -
10 answers
Will I be able to take a pocketknife/Leatherman-style pocket tool on an Amtrak train, or will it be considered a weapon?
posted by box
on Apr 24, 2008 -
11 answers
Will Southwest Airlines count my messenger bag as a "personal type item" or as another carry-on item?
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posted by indyz
on Jan 17, 2008 -
14 answers
Is there any way to make some money with my excess baggage allowance on my routine international flights?
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posted by anonymoose
on Nov 22, 2007 -
3 answers
The great musical-instrument-on-plane paradox. How do you prepare (what case[s] do you buy and what strategies do you develop) when you need to travel on many different kinds/scales of airlines, with a delicate wooden instrument that MAY or MAY NOT be allowed as carry-on baggage (depending on circumstance, how full the plane is, and how much or little the inspectors care that it looks large, solid and "middle eastern")?
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posted by allterrainbrain
on Dec 26, 2006 -
14 answers
Will US airlines accept fresh produce -- say, 30 pounds of olives -- inside checked baggage on a domestic, inter-state flight?
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posted by aws17576
on Nov 21, 2006 -
6 answers
Will a bottle of champagne pop its cork if put in one's checked luggage during air travel?
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posted by Morrigan
on Aug 10, 2006 -
11 answers
My girlfriend's luggage got lost on the plane to Spain. Any hope it can catch up with her on her trip? And where can she replace her camera battery charger?
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posted by bjrubble
on Jul 21, 2006 -
6 answers
Is it a bad idea to check a bag on an airplane with a small form factor (SFF) computer in it?
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posted by D Wiz
on May 10, 2006 -
30 answers
When did the FAA/airlines stop asking those 2 questions about whether someone had given me something to bring on the plane, and whether my bags had been out of my possession at any point? What was their justification? I want to say that this changed after 9/11, but that doesn't really make sense.
posted by unknowncommand
on Dec 30, 2005 -
27 answers
Unpacking from a recent flight back to the U.S. from abroad, I just noticed that a few things were missing from my checked baggage (a pair of high-quality outdoor jackets). I'm wondering which avenue of renumeration would be the best to pursue - the airline (Continental), my renter's insurance policy, even the TSA - and how?
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posted by gottabefunky
on Dec 17, 2004 -
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