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Yep!

We got fixed up too in TK Maxx on Saturday.

Something similar and it has packed up very well and light to handle!

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For those of you still deliberating - like me - I notice that Debenhams have a 3 day sale from 14th to 16th May and some of the luggage mentioned above has been reduced further. Mariquita's lovely pink Tripp cabin case is down to £31.20 so now might be a good time to buy.

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LK1960

Thanks for the info. I must have a look.

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It's been great to read all the replies and recommendations!

I bought a luggage scale yesterday from a shop in Milton Keynes. It cost £9.99 and it has a little hook to hang your bags on to weigh them.
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Bought some new suitcases yesterday called Sub Zero G that claim to be the lightest in the world!

The cabin approved size weighs only 1.9k (£30) and the largest (£45)
which is huge (102 litre capacity) weighs only 2.79 k.

They've had very good reviews and guaranteed for 10 years

I bought them from Matalan...and they were going fast!!

This is the website Landor & Hawa International Ltd.
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Sounds good. Does this weight include wheels? - I think my cabin bag weighs about 3kg.
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Zelda I've just weighed both cases and the weight stated on the label is correct so is inclusive of everything
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Probably not quite the right place to post but seemed appropriate. Have just discovered that Easy jet appear to have increased the size on their cabin baggage to 56x45x25, this is 5 cm on two measurements bigger than Ryan air. So this will hellp also.
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Even less room in the overhead lockers then!
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Annoying thing for us is that we often choose to fly out/return with different carriers due to their schedules so we get clobbered with 2 debit/credit card costs plus we often fly out with an airline which allows 25cm width cases and return with one that restricts the width to 20cm on the same plane - 737.
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Well said Belladonna! exactly what happened to me! had to put my 1 piece of perfect sized light weight Sub 0 bag in the hold! not happy! too many selfish passengers with too many bags/dutyfree and big coats!....unhelpful stinking attitude Air waitresses...oops hostesses! refusing to help.
Apart from that great piece of luggage but I wouldn't trust it even with a 10 year guarantee in the hold...Very thin material catch something sharpe its a gonner! just add worth buying the digital scales always spot on, easyjet are selling them now, worth every penny.

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Overhead locker space is going to become even more hotly battled over now that the money grabbing airlines have started charging for hold baggage

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Presenting and introducing, IN THE BLUE CORNER, we have XXXX

And in the red corner! YYYY

I see everyone is not in agreement on cabin baggage!
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It then creates a further problem of people putting bags under the seat in front, which is absolutely fine usually, but as the bags get larger, they protrude further out, then the stewards want them pushed further forward, then they push the safety vest under the front seat or encroach on the foot room under the seat etc etc!
I think 2 allowable pieces of luggage but of a smaller size may have been a better way, that way one piece can be in the overhead locker and one under the seat in front. This would leave room for any coats to be put up.
Some of the "hand luggage" is already of "overnight" size - plus wheels and handles which catch on other soft bags.
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interesting thread

we flew to Italy with Meridiana last year, & the differences compared to UK airlines were marked -

no obsession with hand baggage sizes

fewer cabin crew

minimal choice of drinks - tea, coffee, oj, water, virtually no food - what do you need for 2 hour flight?

no intrusive announcements selling lottery tickets every 5 minutes - in fact no announcements at all, safety message on screens

no crew bothered about people going to the loo when seat belt sign on, or when using games / mp3s during take off/landing, or having bags on empty seats during take off, etc

didn't feel unsafe at all, just a refreshing change

Presumably all EC airlines are subject to the same safety considerations - do UK carriers go a bit over the top ( the EJ stewards do seem to like their 'flirty' banter over the tannoy) with H&S, or does CAA have higher requirements?

oops, prob wrong thread, but read it with interest following EJ's tightening of 'free' hold baggage allowance this year - £84 in advance for an extra 6 kilos between 4, I'm scared to look at the excess rates, glad we bought the scales, but , surprise surprise, they didn't match Easyjets last year, & you don't need me to tell you which weighed heavier...
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