BA soon to be charging for cabin bags

[PeteM]

Garethgerry wrote:

I’m just imagining the conversations, if/when the EU law changes. There will still not be enough room.

Once the lockers are full, what do you say to someone who says I’ve a legal right to bring this on board

The EU rules aren’t about the cabin bags being guaranteed on board, they are about them being free. If the cabin is full, it goes in the hold, but for free.

[JDB]

PeteM wrote:

Garethgerry wrote:

I’m just imagining the conversations, if/when the EU law changes. There will still not be enough room.

Once the lockers are full, what do you say to someone who says I’ve a legal right to bring this on board

The EU rules aren’t about the cabin bags being guaranteed on board, they are about them being free. If the cabin is full, it goes in the hold, but for free.

Very good point! The EU presumably couldn’t mandate the carriage of bags in the cabin as it might conflict with safety regulations.

[Garethgerry]

I understand that it free not guaranteed, but will everyone. I’m pretty sure not.

I hope if BA and other non LCCs adopt smaller cabin bag sizes they still allow CE the old larger size .

[Ihar]

I already pay BA to take my luggage on board – it’s part of the premium above the LCCs’ prices, especially if I fly CE to “guarantee” space on busy/commuter routes. When I can’t take my cabin bag on board I will stop flying short-haul weekends away.

BTW I’ve not seen a problem on airlines with the new “bigger” bins when bags can be stored vertically.