Notes: A diaper bag counts as a carry-on item (C’mon, Delta…really? Although to their credit, I’ve heard that some gate agents will let diaper bags go as an extra. Personal item: exact measurement is not given. And here’s what went down the second time it happened to me, 3 months later.
Here’s what I did when it happened to me.
Heads up that some American Airlines employees will insist that an 18″ x 14″ x 8″ soft-sided suitcase won’t fit in the overhead compartment, even if you know that it does. Notes: Diaper bags (1 per child), soft-sided cooler bags with breast milk, child safety seats, strollers and medical or mobility devices don’t count as your personal item or carry-on. Jackets, “small” umbrellas, food, and diaper bags do not count as personal items. Notes: Allegiant charges for carry-on items. Notes: On Alaska Airlines, personal items are only defined as a “purse, briefcase, or laptop computer.” Jackets, hats, umbrellas, personal pillows, food, child safety seats, service animals, medications, assistive devices, and “a reasonable amount” (#vaguemuch?) of reading material do not count as personal items.įun Fact: Alaska Airlines’s carry-on bag limitation used to be 24″ x 17″ x 10″ but they changed that to the specifications above in 2018. Personal item: exact measurement is not given The measurement dimensions below are for height x length x width (just like you learned in math class, forever ago) and all include the space taken up by handles and wheels. Some other items, such as diaper bags, child-safety seats, duty-free merchandise, jackets/coats, umbrellas, food & drink purchased in the terminal, and medical and mobility devices usually may be allowed in addition to your carry-on and personal bags, but it varies from airline to airline. With rare exceptions, you can only bring one of each and there’s no guarantee that a carry-on bag will be allowed onto a plane – if you’re told there’s no room in the overhead, you may have to gate check it. Personal bags are smaller and are supposed to go under the seat in front of you. They’re usually in the form of hard or soft-sided small suitcases, duffel bags, satchels, soft-sided garment bags, musical instruments, pet carriers (they go under the seat in front of you, not into the overhead bin), etc. To clarify (I know you know…but just in case), carry-on bags are the ones that go into the overhead compartment. To help avoid that problem, here are the most recently updated regulations for the size of carry-on and personal bags. And even for that, they don’t make it easy – there are no set standards for the size those bags can be, so what may “count” as a carry-on bag on one airline might be a bag you have to gate check on another airline because it’s too big. With so many airlines charging for checked luggage, more and more people are trying to stuff as much as they can into their carry-on and personal bags.
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