Originally Posted by Sobelena
45x36 is pretty much standard with most Samsonites. The question is: will the security jobsworth tolerate the extra 1cm? Do you dare risk it? I've purchased a Carlton model 42x34x15 just to be on the safe side.
Not at STN yesterday; the guy in front was made to leave the security queue and check in his hand baggage exactly for this reason; the extra 1cm and rigid design of the case precluded it from fitting in the new, specially made, gauges that sit inside the orginal ones.
My soft and squidgy laptop bag, only half full, could however easily be "pursuaded" to fit (42x35X19 squashed down to 42x35x16) so I was allowed to take it through.