| suitcases, or carry on bags also known as hand | | | | By measuring your fully packed cabin suitcase before |
| luggage, are always subject to size and weight | | | | you leave the house for the airport, you can be sure |
| restrictions by the various airlines. | | | | to avoid any issues when you check in or move |
| These restrictions or guidelines vary with each | | | | through security. |
| different airline, so it is imperative that you check | | | | You will also avoid any extra costs or expenses that |
| with your particular airline, what their size and weight | | | | could be incurred and most importantly you will avoid |
| restrictions are for cabin suitcases or hand luggage, | | | | any annoyance or aggravation that you may incur, |
| to ensure that you have no problems when it comes | | | | just by simply weighing and measuring your luggage |
| to checking in with the airline. | | | | before you leave home. |
| As a general rule of thumb, most of the major | | | | Most airlines will permit you to also carry a briefcase, |
| airlines have a cabin suitcase or hand luggage | | | | laptop computer bag, or handbag in addition to your |
| allowance which totals 115 cm which is 45 inches. This | | | | cabin suitcase, this awards you the flexibility to move |
| is the combined depth, width and length of the | | | | any items that may push your cabin suitcase over |
| baggage and this will include any handles and wheels | | | | the restrictions or guidelines that the airline have |
| that the cabin luggage may have. | | | | imposed, into your extra baggage. |
| Most airlines will adhere to these rough guidelines and | | | | Be sure that the luggage you are carrying is safe. |
| may even be lenient with weight and size limits. You | | | | Taking a laptop and checking it into hold luggage |
| will quite often see devices to place your cabin | | | | could result in damage to it. Similarly, there is no need |
| luggage in - if it doesn't fit then it isn't allowed on. | | | | to take clothes or shoes with you on hold luggage - |
| However, quite often staff are too busy to enforce | | | | for simplicity and convenience, just take what is |
| this. | | | | fragile and what you might need. |
| When ever you travel, and before or after you | | | | As we have mentioned above, always check with |
| move through the airport security, your cabin | | | | the particular airline you have chosen to travel with, |
| suitcase or hand luggage may be subject to getting | | | | ensuring that you fully understand their weight and |
| weighed by security or airport staff to ensure that | | | | size restrictions on your cabin suitcase to avoid, |
| your cabin suitcase falls within the weight restrictions | | | | disappointment, anoyance and cost when you arrive |
| imposed by the airline. | | | | at the airport. |
| If your bag is found to exceed the particular airline's | | | | It is also worth checking on their policy for extra |
| weight or size restrictions then you may find that | | | | baggage, such as a laptop bag or hand bag, to |
| you are subject to a fee, which can indeed be quite | | | | ensure that should your suitcase be slightly over the |
| substantial. Your cabin suitcase could even be | | | | size restrictions, you can move some items into |
| removed by the airport staff and placed with your | | | | these bags, again avoiding disappointment. |
| other luggage, found within the aircraft hold. | | | | |