do people think I could count my usual bookbag/messenger bag thing as my personal item?
Yes, totally.
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meara - May 30, 2008 1:54:37 pm PDT #1270 of 10001
Connie Neil - May 30, 2008 1:55:03 pm PDT #1271 of 10001
brillig
I would think a messenger bag occupies the same luggage category as a briefcase.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 1:55:09 pm PDT #1272 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I am allowed "one carry-on and one personal item such as a purse or briefcase" do people think I could count my usual bookbag/messenger bag thing as my personal item?
As long as you're only carrying two bags total you should be good.
Atropa - May 30, 2008 1:56:10 pm PDT #1273 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So just stuff my smaller purse (and toiletries, book, and bunny) into the bookbag and I'm good? Whew!
Connie Neil - May 30, 2008 1:57:16 pm PDT #1274 of 10001
brillig
Have you flown with Clovis since the new draconian flight rules?
Atropa - May 30, 2008 2:00:09 pm PDT #1275 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Have you flown with Clovis since the new draconian flight rules?
Yes, and things were fine. But Clovis isn't going with me on this trip, he's staying home to keep an eye on Pete. Prudence Bunny will be my traveling bunny.
Gah, business trip. But the team I'm meeting with made sure to send me a list of the cool gothy and alternative shops that are near my hotel.
NoiseDesign - May 30, 2008 2:01:08 pm PDT #1276 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Yep, you'll be good. I travel with my big computer backpack as my personal item all the time.
javachik - May 30, 2008 2:02:14 pm PDT #1277 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Congratulations Omnis!
Now you need to take advantage of me, and Kristin. It's a group package.
Um. Hi. Can I come too?
And bring Meara?
Connie Neil - May 30, 2008 2:14:12 pm PDT #1278 of 10001
brillig
I was surprised at the amount of cluelessness that still persists in airport security lines. There was a woman wearing a few pounds of metal jewelry who couldn't understand why the metal detector kept going off. Hubby had to tell her, "Your jewelry is setting off the detector, take it off." "OK," she says, and starts taking it off and trying to hand it to Hubby instead of putting it in the little box. Hubby refuses to take it, and she starts shoving it at him. He finally had to turn to a guard and say, "I don't know this woman, and I don't know why she's trying to hand me this stuff, what do I do?" They finally took her to the side for the full look over, and she bitched the whole way.
Meanwhile, Hubby, with his TENS unit attached to himself and wires running in and out of his clothing, barely got a look other than "What is that, sir?"
meara - May 30, 2008 2:20:05 pm PDT #1279 of 10001
So just stuff my smaller purse (and toiletries, book, and bunny) into the bookbag and I'm good?
Yes, but make sure you can actually stuff the purse in there. Sometimes, people are all 'but I COULD stuff the purse in!" and they're like "Um, but ....do it." and then the person can't, really.