Comments on: Big News . . . in the UK . . . About Carry-Ons

By: UK carry on rules to be relaxed … maybe … for some - Musings of The Global Traveller

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:54:49 +0000

[...] Cranky Flier recently reported on the recent announcement that UK carry on rules will be allowed to be relaxed from January 7. Given the process – each airport is invited to apply to allow their passengers to [...]

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By: The Cranky Flier » 19 UK Airports to Allow Second Carry On

The Cranky Flier » 19 UK Airports to Allow Second Carry On — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:59:50 +0000

[...] Mary), and hopefully I can take your mind off that pounding headache. A month and a half ago, I noted that the UK would begin allowing airports to permit two carry-on bags per person. The big question [...]

By: CF

CF — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:59:16 +0000

Sorry it took so long to get your comment up there, Gudrun. It got stuck in the spam filter.

To answer your question, this should be an improvement now because they’re going to be relaxing the one carry on rule. I don’t know of any exceptions off hand, but I can point you to the government website detailing the rules:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtravel/airportsecurity/

By: The Global Traveller

The Global Traveller — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:37:24 +0000

Agree very disappointing. Given BAA’s lack of investment why should we (the customers) have any confidence they will bother applying for 2 carry-ons being allowed? And even in the unlikely event they succumb to pressure, that they will actually pass whatever test the authorities impose?

It would have been far more customer friendly to put the onus on airports – 2 carry ons will be allowed from x date.

The longer the current nonsense is allowed to continue, the more UK misses out from aware travellers.

By: flightjunkie

flightjunkie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:35:37 +0000

It’s truly good news, but also disappointing at the same time, that each airport may be different. If they don’t even AIM to be consistent, there’s no hope of any clarity or ease of confusion for passengers.

But then again, we have the TSA here in the U.S., ’nuff said.

One-bag rule aside, I think the big reason for people not wanting to transit through UK airports is the hefty taxes that are imposed. The UK gov’t has single-handedly made the likes of BA/VS/BD uncompetitive for connecting traffic, compared to other European hubs like FRA and AMS.

By: Gudrun at Kango

Gudrun at Kango — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:50:30 +0000

any ideas how this will effect parents flying with kids? I know when my kids were little, the sheer amount of stuff for them usually meant we were up to two per person, kids included. Will there be any exceptions made?

Guess I should look for a really good handbag/laptop carrier/purse/tote bag unit for my next flight….