55x40x23cm Hand Baggage Size. What size is this in inches?

moneysavvy35

Hi All

Will be flying with Vueling & Norwegian Airlines to Barcelona. Their cabin allowance is 55x40x23cm. I have seen some good bargains on sports direct for hand luggage. They are stating thier sizes in inches. What is the size in inches for that dimension 16 or 20 inches?

Any help? Never was good at conversions.

Also while I'm on the subject - Easyjet and British Airways allowance is slightly more generous. Are the cabin cage things that they measure your case in really take into account that small increase, meaning they will beable to tell if I get a case for the 56 x 45 x 25 instead of the smaller one. (hope that makes sense):)

Ich_2

http://www.metric-conversions.org/

YorkshireBoy

moneysavvy35 wrote: »

Never was good at conversions.

Or reading product information it seems.

If you click the product it gives you the metric dimensions:


Measurements (including handles and wheels):

> 16inch Cabin Friendly Suitcase
> Weight: 2.3kgs
> Height: 47cm
> Depth: 16cm
> Width: 34cm
> Capacity: 21 litres
> Suitable for use as hand luggage with Ryanair, easyJet, Flybe, Monarch, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic airlines (last updated: 12.2.2013)


Measurements (including handles and wheels):

> 20 inch Suitcase
> Weight: 2.7kg
> Height: 58cm
> Width: 37cm
> Depth: 18cm
> Capacity: 34 litres


Your problem here is that the 20" case is too high, whereas the 16" case is way undersize. Buy something else?

_Andy_

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=centimetres+into+inches

ic

_Andy_ wrote: »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=centimetres+into+inches

I was just about to say:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=55+inches+in+cm%3D

Then spotted your reply as I was about to hit the button...

balletshoes

moneysavvy35 wrote: »

Hi All

Will be flying with Vueling & Norwegian Airlines to Barcelona. Their cabin allowance is 55x40x23cm. I have seen some good bargains on sports direct for hand luggage. They are stating thier sizes in inches. What is the size in inches for that dimension 16 or 20 inches?

Any help? Never was good at conversions.

Also while I'm on the subject - Easyjet and British Airways allowance is slightly more generous. Are the cabin cage things that they measure your case in really take into account that small increase, meaning they will beable to tell if I get a case for the 56 x 45 x 25 instead of the smaller one. (hope that makes sense):)

5 cms is quite a big difference, and each airline uses its own bag check guage, which is regulated with their own measurements.

There are loads of choices on amazon - I recently bought a pair of perfect-size cases for Flybe/Ryanair, so 55x40x23cm, for less than £30 total, including postage. I've just used them in the last week for the first time, they are soft-sided to they carry loads, neither of them was full on the way out or the way back, and we had handbags, fleeces, and souvenirs packed in them, as well as our clothes etc for 5 days away.

YorkshireBoy

balletshoes wrote: »

I recently bought a pair of perfect-size cases for Flybe/Ryanair, so 55x40x23cm

Whilst they may be "perfect" for Flybe, Ryanair's max size is 55x40x20cm.

balletshoes

YorkshireBoy wrote: »

Whilst they may be "perfect" for Flybe, Ryanair's max size is 55x40x20cm.

I apologise, my mistake, they are 55x40x20, expandable to 55x40x23 with a little zip on the side.

Neil49

I now find that weight limits are more of an issue than case dimensions when it comes to hand baggage.

With many airlines limiting you to 10kg or even less you may find a smaller case is adequate.

callum9999

Neil49 wrote: »

I now find that weight limits are more of an issue than case dimensions when it comes to hand baggage.

With many airlines limiting you to 10kg or even less you may find a smaller case is adequate.

How many airlines actually weigh your hand luggage though... Of the several airlines I've flown, only Monarch have (and if I paid the extra to check-in online, presumably they wouldn't have been weighed at all).

jackieblack

callum9999 wrote: »

How many airlines actually weigh your hand luggage though... Of the several airlines I've flown, only Monarch have (and if I paid the extra to check-in online, presumably they wouldn't have been weighed at all).

We've had our hand luggage weighed when flying with Virgin Atlantic (not every time though)