Hacker News Reader

Comment by josefresco | Hacker News Reader

Related: On my last flight there were so many carry-on bags they ran out of room. They forced the people boarding last to check their carry-on bags. What some people consider a "carry-on" is debatable. The enforcement of carry-on sizing limits seems spotty at best.

View on HN

This happened on the last 4-5 flights for me, at least. If flying with family, can be a nice "optimization" to pack into carry-ons and check them all in for free, when offered (sometimes when checking into the flight, sometimes at the gate). Interestingly, I had one such full flight where the overhead bins clearly ended up with a ton of free space so perhaps others went with the same strategy.

> They forced the people boarding last to check their carry-on bags.

For free, I hope?

What they describe has happened to me many times. It's always a free gate-check.

Sometimes the bags are unloaded at the gate, sometimes you have to go to baggage claim.

That happens every flight.

> On my last flight there were so many carry-on bags they ran out of room.

Not just your last flight, it is now intentional and it happens on just about every flight. They even stopped pretending and now they announce that if you're in the last few boarding groups the space will run out before you get there.

It's just another money grab to get people to pay for earlier boarding to have a chance to keep their stuff.

Back 20-30 years ago this never happened, there was always room for carryons.

20-30 years ago they didn't charge extra for checked bags so more people did that instead of dealing with the carry-on hassle.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com