NEW BA BAGGAGE POLICY

[FloridaCandle]

An interesting point remains on BA's website in relation to hand baggage and clearance through Security checkpoints.
Customers booked to travel should arrive at the airport two hours before the scheduled departure time, as normal. However, we advise customers to minimise the amount of hand baggage they carry with them and allow sufficient time to clear central security searches.
Seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right's doing at BA. Their new luggage policy COMPLETELY contradicts this.
Just a thought Ezybus - you say there's only so much you can get in a suitcase of a certain size, remember some things weigh heavy - the bullion in the Italian Job springs to mind!! I personally wouldn't like something like that on my head, though I'd sure as hell keep it (if I lived)!

[galanjal]

this is going to be a nightmare! I work for BMED and we already have problems with big bags in the cabin. most of our pax connect onto our aircraft from transatlantic flights with MASSIVE bags that might just fit into 747 lockers but certainly not our little 321's!! routinely I offload 20 bags + on some routes!

[dustybin]

OMG, i'am panicking now as i'am going away next year to get married and travelling with BA. I will never get all my clothes for 2 weeks and my wedding stuff into 23kg. I work for a LCC and we have the same problem with increased handbaggage, it's a nightmare. I do not lift anyones bags inless they are old, have children etc but i refuse to carry grown mens suitcases.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by FloridaCandle

However, we advise customers to minimise the amount of hand baggage they carry with them and allow sufficient time to clear central security searches.

Seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right's doing at BA. Their new luggage policy COMPLETELY contradicts this.

Not entirely sure that it does.

The left hand is advising people to travel with as little luggage as possible BUT the right hand is telling people that they have a greater allowance should they wish to use it.

Poorly worded perhaps, but not entirely a contradiction.

As for the question earlier about what happens if someone can't lift their own bag to the locker which wasn't answered (or atleast, I didn't notice a direct answer), the answer to that would really be one of two things.

1) Have another passenger lift it at the first customer's request
2) Have the bag offloaded

I commute to ABZ from LHR and was told the other day at LHR that I will need to buy a NEW wheelie as my current one (the same Samsonite used by the majority of crew) is to big for the new gauges. I'm yet to see one of the new gauges but I'll be damned if I'm spending another £140.00 on a new Samsonite (and I won't use anything else due to the wear and tear these bags endure).

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by galanjal

this is going to be a nightmare! I work for BMED and we already have problems with big bags in the cabin. most of our pax connect onto our aircraft from transatlantic flights with MASSIVE bags that might just fit into 747 lockers but certainly not our little 321's!! routinely I offload 20 bags + on some routes!

Hi matey. If anything, this new rule SHOULD help you. The airport authorities (ground staff and, in London atleast, Securicor/BAA) and cabin crew will be more strictly monitoring hand luggage - it's already started to an extent at Heathrow where they are getting VERY strict on size/weight of hand luggage. If anything, you should begin to notice FEWER large bags coming in to the cabin, it just happens that the smaller bags you see will weigh more than two of the bigger ones put together

Good luck

[galanjal]

Originally Posted by Eddy

Hi matey. If anything, this new rule SHOULD help you. The airport authorities (ground staff and, in London atleast, Securicor/BAA) and cabin crew will be more strictly monitoring hand luggage - it's already started to an extent at Heathrow where they are getting VERY strict on size/weight of hand luggage. If anything, you should begin to notice FEWER large bags coming in to the cabin, it just happens that the smaller bags you see will weigh more than two of the bigger ones put together

Good luck

thanks for the positive thoughts and I really do hope that happens although I wont hold my breath! but the real problem for us will be at the outstations where any BA policy is totally disregarded. it really is a big problem. recently did a trip and had 8 people unpacking their MASSIVE wheelies into our duty free bags, there literally was no room for them. my crew hate me I'm sure because I let on as many bags as I can, I really do want to accomodate our pax. I've had toilets packed almost to the ceilings with toiletry packs and blanket bags to make more room in the lockers but when there is no room, there really is no room! surely it can only get worse?

[luoto]

OF course many passengers do get annoyed when stuff is stored in overhead lockers in those "crew use only" ones, often in row 1/2 of the smaller jungle jets. And that is before fellow crew move house as well with everything in the overhead (if the wardrobes are not fitted

But hey,flight crew must have some perks.

[flyyy]

Hi matey. If anything, this new rule SHOULD help you. The airport authorities (ground staff and, in London atleast, Securicor/BAA) and cabin crew will be more strictly monitoring hand luggage - it's already started to an extent at Heathrow where they are getting VERY strict on size/weight of hand luggage. If anything, you should begin to notice FEWER large bags coming in to the cabin, it just happens that the smaller bags you see will weigh more than two of the bigger ones put together

i don't think so. up to now bags that were the right size had to be checked in because they were too heavy. and if the flights were very full check-in agents made sure every bag that is over the 6kg (economy class) goes to the hold. now that argument does not work anymore, and on flights were there are lots of business passengers (well, business men flying economy class) every single one of them will have a trolley, right size of course. there is going to be much more handluggage than there is space for overhead.

well... we will see, i am sure it is going to be interesting

[Shack37]

Where can I read this new baggage policy in full?
What routes are affected (if not all of them that is)?
Looks like baggage will cost more than the fare in many cases.
No pun intended.

S37

[FloridaCandle]

Hi Shack 37
You can find the full details on http://www.britishairways.com/travel...y/public/en_gb
happy reading.

[derekvader]

Originally Posted by dustybin

I work for a LCC and we have the same problem with increased handbaggage, it's a nightmare. I do not lift anyones bags inless they are old, have children etc but i refuse to carry grown mens suitcases.

That's a rather inconsiderate view. It's quite possible for a "grown man" to have sciatica (trapped nerve) for a few months or years, amongst other reasons, and be under doctor's orders not to lift anything at all, but this condition would be invisible to you. You should do better to lift bags based on whether the person asks you nicely, whoever they are, or not lift bags at all for anyone, than to make assumptions based on their appearance.