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There's a good reason for that - basically, the size limit ensures your bag — and ideally everyone else's — will be able to be stored safely in the overhead bin for your flight. The most important dimension is length, often, it's the maximum that will fit from the back to the front of the overhead bins. Hence if the flight is half empty it doesn't really matter whereas if it's very full it becomes quite critical because of course you cannot then place your bag sideways.My experience is that they are picky on the size if the flight is full… otherwise not so much.
Also helps that I am 6 foot, 250lbs so most packs look tiny when I am wearing them!as @Vacajoe says, the smaller you can make your bag look the better.
are you a psychic and know my needs too?I've been flying from Amsterdam to Spain for years with Vueling and I never had a problem with my Osprey backpack but then again it's only 30L - that's all you need
This is not true, and is very insulting to those of us who wish to follow the rules respectfully.maybe your friend So-and-So was able to sneak hers on.. that means your friend is a jerk who was willing to have them confiscated if discovered, possibly hold up the flight, or delay someone else by making a ruckus in security, or at the very least unjustly calling "foul" on being told at check-in to pay to put them in the checked hold.
This is not true, and is very insulting to those of us who wish to follow the rules respectfully.
Clearly… *clearly* I am not referring to those who follow the rules.I was with you until the last paragraph.
This is not true, and is very insulting to those of us who wish to follow the rules respectfully.
Please read this link to the CATSA statement about hiking poles. That applies to Canadian airports. I cannot verify with links but I understand that the requirements and policies in other countries may also be different from what you and other forum members assume/believe, based on outdated or limited information.
Over the years, both the rules and the local policies/interpretations have possibly changed, but we are not privy to all the subtleties. A number of forum members have carried their poles openly and even asked security personnel about the policy. They have not snuck anything on board, held up flights, nor created a ruckus or cried foul for anything.
The uncertainties about the rules and the application thereof, are outlined in this post. Now that I have found the recent (2023-11-17) update on the CATSA website, I will update the post to add this good news.
Clearly… *clearly* I am not referring to those who follow the rules.
Your post linked to a couple of interesting articles and I agree that people should follow the rules and not act like entitled children. But you went further with an inaccurate statement and a rant about people "sneaking" poles into the cabin, clearly implying that it is contrary to the rules, and that furthermore, anyone who does so is a jerk.And no, you can't bring poles onto the plane.
Still misreading. Do not know why you are taking this personally.Your post linked to a couple of interesting articles and I agree that people should follow the rules and not act like entitled children. But you went further with an inaccurate statement and a rant about people "sneaking" poles into the cabin, clearly implying that it is contrary to the rules, and that furthermore, anyone who does so is a jerk.
Thanks for providing the incentive to check the CATSA rules and find the up-to-date policy.
No, you are wrong.The TSA [USA] security check point (same rules in EU)
I literally *just* checked the rules on multiple sites, and explained the “sharp/pointy” qualifier that can see poles easily confiscated at security, but OK. Fine. I am not going to experiment with the notion that it’s a free-for-all out there. I will continue to check my poles until the “no sharp or pointed edges” clause goes out of the regulation.No, you are wrong.
US TSA rules are not the same rules as the rules of every airport in the EU as far as poles, and pocket knives (!) for that matter, are concerned. And I, for one, to not like to be associated, either explicitly or implicitly, with what people in other countries or other airports than the ones I have used, do or are suspected to do.
Anyway, the poster wants to fly Vueling from London Gatwick to Oviedo, returning from SdC, and wants to hear about the experience of other travellers on these two flights between the UK and Spain, and it is about the dimension of a backpack. Why did poles get into this discussion in the first place???
I can't answer your question as I don't know or don't recall how strict Vueling are in Gatwick and in Santiago as to the size of hand luggage. You are obviously concerned about having to pay a fine/surcharge. I've flown Vueling on inner-European flights but don't remember if and how they control hand luggage size. Ryanair and EasyJet are a different matter but you are not flying with them.Question is this…has anyone else any experience of taking cabin bags with Vueling that are slightly different to their stated sizes…and if so, did you manage to get them on board without issue, or did they charge you/make you check them in to the hold?
Nope, but it has an unpleasant and troublesome knock on effect that may well end up costing some *other person* extra to stow their perfectly allowable carryon because there's no longer any room for it. I do not know how that became "OK"... I gather this is a community of "me, my, mine... my camino" bla blah blah...I mean, squeezing in your pack or including your poles is really just a gateway drug to heinous crimes, right?
Yes, everyone is famously selfish around these parts, you’re quite right.Nope, but it has an unpleasant and troublesome knock on effect that may well end up costing some *other person* extra to stow their perfectly allowable carryon because there's no longer any room for it. I do not know how that became "OK"... I gather this is a community of "me, my, mine... my camino" bla blah blah...
rather than a community of "How can I be attentive to the *shared* space of travel, of camino, etc".
We haven’t had a fight over poles on the plane for a while!And no, you can't bring poles onto the plane.... Yes, maybe your friend So-and-So was able to sneak hers on... that means your friend is a jerk who was willing to have them confiscated if discovered, possibly hold up the flight, or delay someone else by making a ruckus in security, or at the very least unjustly calling "foul" on being told at check-in to pay to put them in the checked hold.
I was with you until the last paragraph.
Basically many of the older airlines introduced ‘hand baggage only’ fares a few a years back. It was a competitive move effectively to offer modular pricing in the same way as the newer airlines They have been hugely successful from a revenue standpoint but the issue is of course overhead bin space. So folks who are compliant and within regulations may get the ‘offer’ to check their bags in free of charge. Rightly so as they are compliant. Some seem to like it, some don’t. Of course the main topic here is folks who are not necessarily compliant with the rules and may have to pay a fee, but chancing their arm! That will be very much an ‘on the day’ thing, depending on a whole range of factors.I just flew Iberia from Madrid to Santiago in January and the airline made about half my student group check their backpacks (including me). There was a woman standing in the middle of the boarding passage halfway down who checked every single person and made a pronouncement and sent everyone who she felt was over the limit (roller boards and backpacks alike). No stuffing into a box to test, etc. In any case, we did not pay extra and it was only a short hop and we picked up our bags on the nearly empty carousel in Santiago.
To be fair, there really wasn't room in the overhead bins (smaller than normal) and there was not room under the seats either without resting my feet on the backpack.
So, does it have a rigid back that can't be bent/squeezed down to a 55 cm length if you don't pack too much inside? Or placed in the measuring frame on a bit of a diagonal? Usually, fitting into the frame is the main requirement.The sum of the Vueling allowed bag is 115 cm (55cm x 40cm x 20cm). My bag comes in at 114 cm (59 x 30 x25 cm)
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