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Great 'Best Value Cabin Luggage' Hunt
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I've had one of these cases for a couple of years and I've only ever been able to use it for road trips - until I read the above tip!! Half an hour with a hammer drill later and I've now got a 53.5cm high (including wheels) cabin carry-on case! Thank you Simon. :T
Have bought 2 of the 20" cases from Sports Direct for £7.99 as shown above and taken the top handle off.
Works a treat, but with the feet and wheels on the other end it is still slightly over size.
I am panicing now.
Help, should I change my plan or risk it?
After a lot of searching I managed to find a site called uk cabin luggage.com
I bought a plain black wheeled holdall, which fitted exactly into Ryan airs cabin restrictions, it holds loads of stuff, think over 40 litres capacity, and it's made well too.
On the down side, they haven't got as much stuff as some of the other retailers, but what they do have was cheaper than anywhere else I'd looked at. They were doing free next day delivery as well.
Buy cheap....buy twice:)
I am flying with British Airways and I need to use my full cabin baggage allowance which is 56x45x25. The largest cases I can find are 55x40x20.
Does anyone know of any that will meet the British Airways allowances, I thought I had found one in House of Fraser but when I went into store it wasn't as big as the website suggested.
Thanks for any help
Ian
By the time any case is packed (apart from hardsides) you'll find that it has expanded by those additional 5cms.
And don't rely on the manufacturers measures - check it yourself. And include the wheels.