mine have never been measured either (other than weighed) - and i've had some really gigantic duffels that i was sure they'd charge me for.
i'm trying to remember how fussy delta is.
you'd think i would know since i fly them all the time.
they're very specific about weight - a fraction over and you pay.
but i don't know about size.
does it look really big?
what sort of suitcase is it? a duffel? a suitcase?
i'm not sure how easy it is to spot linear differences.
is it really tall? long?
I have too - like the ones going this year. The beauty of soft sided luggage/duffel bags, is that it will squish to go through any measurements if it is only slightly over in dimension.
I used to be fairly lax about it as the charges on VA and BA weren't too horrific if you did get told you were over, but at $175 for the sake of an inch or so, like Paul I am meauring very carefully this time
Paul, I could you email them? At least if they say okay in writing you can print that and take it with you to settle any argument that may arise at check in. Try not to put any personal details on there so that they can't look out for you when you arrive
Yeh. I'm sure some of the airline bag fees are there just so they can enforce if they really want to or someone is blatantly over.
and internationally, they do stick it to you if you're bags are overweight...
We have just come back and the only problem with hand luggage appeared to be the weight..we had a spare bag so put stuff in that so we didnt have a problem,but the man infront had to pay over $300 as his bag weighed more than 5 kg...i have never come across this before and it did seem a little odd that you could take as many bags through as long as they weren't over the wgt?
in the US, the airlines now charge for any checked luggage...
and internationally, they do stick it to you if you're bags are overweight...
We have just come back and the only problem with hand luggage appeared to be the weight..we had a spare bag so put stuff in that so we didnt have a problem,but the man infront had to pay over $300 as his bag weighed more than 5 kg...i have never come across this before and it did seem a little odd that you could take as many bags through as long as they weren't over the wgt?
Yeh. I guess its easy to check the weight since they get weighed anyway but not so easy to measure all the dimensions of a bag and then work out its 64" not 62".
With hand luggage the budget airpline are using the 'bag gauges' at checkin and then again at boarding. You have to put your hand luggage in the 'gauge' (basket thing) to see if it is within the size limits.
Not sure if they have started to do this on trans-Atlantic flights yet