Cabin bagage confusion.

[HandyAndy]

Maybe lucky or fortunate, and I feel for those whose luggage is not there to greet them at the carousel.. I am sure this missing/damaged luggage issue boils down to region/airports used. Of course on occasions, it can happen anywhere however I wonder if it is an airline or airport problem. I suspect the latter.

My principal gripe is that folks continue to bring on board inappropriately sized luggage and whilst airport staff should enforce the rules, it is the individual who knowingly does it and has no consideration for others. It is a safety issue as well as a moral one.

[Final 3 Greens]

MJ

The locations where my bags go missing are pretty consistent - London and Paris feature on the list, often when connecting via.

Never had a problem in the Med

[Pax Vobiscum]

In my experience, luggage is much more likely to go missing on trips that involve connecting flights. If you're flying point-to-point, my feeling is that there's a <1% chance that your luggage won't be there at your destination. Not so if there's one or more connections involved.

[EastMids]

I have a rolling bag that JUST meets the UK carry on size requirements. I have had many arguments with checkin desk staff, gate staff and even cabin crew who try to tell me its too big and has to go in the hold. I can ALWAYS prove it meets the regulations and thus I have a right to take on board. It always has in it at least £10k's worth of camera gear - often up to double that amount. Now go tell me to check it in and trust baggage handlers with it. Not a chance - I've had stuff stolen from checked bags before! Its not just the loss or the damage though - its the consequence of not having it when I get to where I'm going. And I do always make sure I'm inside the rules, even if only just. I've even had to threaten not to travel and insist the airline offloads my other [checked] back with clothes etc in it before staff have seen sense. The day airlines and handling agents take irrevokable responsibility for loss, consequential loss and damage to checked baggage, I might consider checking the camera gear in, but until then I will continue to argue with ground staff and ignore the glares of other passengers who think I'm carting something far too big around.

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[RevMan2]

Leaving aside the merits or otherwise of the current carry-on restrictions, the screening process at LHR T2 last week was exemplary.

Suspect bags are popped in the frame.
Too big? Check-in's downstairs.

Did anyone have a problem with that?
Not as far as I could see.

Problems crop up when a pax gets to the aircraft after having been through n sloppy/don't care checks and the crew are lumbered with sorting the problem.

As in BOS one time.
The crew was forced to refuse to let the last 10 passengers on an MD80 take ANY carry-ons, because the bins were all full to overflowing.

Guess why.....