Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information