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Subject: [Leica] OT advice re carry on bags for flights...
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:28:23 -0700
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On Mar 12, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Steve,
>
> It varies hugely by airline. In general in Europe there is a 1-bag  
> limit for carry-on, but you can often get away with 2. Depends  
> entirely on the airline. For example, Ryanair are absolutely Nazi  
> about it. If a woman has a bag and a purse, they make her put the  
> purse into the bag at the gate. Even stuff you buy in the airport  
> must fit into the one carry-on item. And they have a strictly  
> enforced 10 kg limit for carry-on. The other big low-cost airline,  
> Easyjet, is much more liberal. While they too have a 1-bag limit for  
> carry-on, at least in principle, there is no weight limit (it just  
> says "within reason") and I never have any trouble with my Domke 803  
> plus a Samsonite shoulder bag when I fly with them.
>
> So the best thing to do is to check with Continental and also with  
> any airlines you are planning to use within Europe.

looks like Continental allows one carry on bag and a second "personal  
item" which can include a camera bag...
that includes international flights...
no flights are planned within Europe...
thanks  Nathan...

If you don't know,  who would  ?

:-)

Steve


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> On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> I am interested in the latest rules for carry-ons for international  
>> flights...
>>
>> (Continental... Houston/Paris)
>>
>> Besides a suitcase to be checked,  I wish to carry with me, on  
>> board two bags, one a small carry on for laptop, papers, books etc,
>>
>> the other a camera bag for a digital body and two/three lenses,  
>> batts, cards etc...
>>
>>
>> fair enough ?
>>
>> any problem with this?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>>
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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] OT advice re carry on bags for flights...)
In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] OT advice re carry on bags for flights...)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT advice re carry on bags for flights...)