Hand Luggage Size?

[Vizeman]

Hi Folks,
Just wondering how strict they are on hand-luggage size. The sizes they quote seem very small, can't you just take a normal size hold-all?

 

[AliceGardner]

Hi

Which airline are you flying? They all have different restrictions.

One very important thing is that your hand luggage is within BAA requirements - see www.baa.com for details.

Alice

 

[Vizeman]

Hi

Which airline are you flying? They all have different restrictions.

One very important thing is that your hand luggage is within BAA requirements - see www.baa.com for details.

Alice

Hi Alice, we're flying with Thomas Cook Airlines

 

[AliceGardner]

BAA Hand baggage restrictions (from BAA website):
Passengers are allowed to carry ONE item of hand baggage, no larger than:

56 centimetres tall (approximately 22 inches)
45 centimetres wide (approximately 17.7 inches)
25 centimetres deep (approximately 10 inches)

From Thomas Cook Airline's website:
You are allowed one piece of hand baggage only which must not exceed 5 kg in weight or 43 cm x 28 cm x 23 cm in size

So TC's restrictions are a lot tighter (about half) of BAA's. Your holdall must be smaller than BAA's requirements (most "holdalls" are bigger than them), but I don't know how strict Thomas Cook are with their own requirements (since I have never flown them). Maybe someone else can tell you about their recent experiences with them?

Good luck
Alice

 

[Vizeman]

So, anyone got any experience of flying Thomas Cook and their hand luggage regs?

 

[jen_uk]

Usually airlines are concerned more about the weight of bags than the size. As long its roughly around the BAA guidelines then I wouldnt worry, Ive seen people taking huge bags as hand luggage and they always seem to get away with it!

 

[tashasmum]

We have occasionally had someone look at our bags going out, but its never a problem as long as you don't go totally overboard you should be ok. Coming back they never seem to bother