Air Canada passenger warns of carry-on luggage crackdown at Toronto airport AirCanada
People flying out of Toronto are growing bolder, it seems, in trying to sneak their huge bags aboard flights as "carry-on luggage" or"personal items."
The behaviour is far from new; frugal travellers have been stuffing their way-too-big suitcases into overhead bins for years to avoid checked baggage fees with some airlines. These people get caught sometimes, but often they don't, leaving at least a few passengers on every packed flight without room for their backpacks or purses — which must then either be checked or forced to share what precious little space is reserved for a person's legs behind the seat in front of them.
Discount airlines like Sunwing and WestJet, which usually charge extra for checked bags, are known for this kind of thing, but colloquial tales suggest that people are now trying to pass off huge bags as carry-ons withSome may be hoping to save a buck if they have multiple suitcases in tow, but it stands to reason that many are simply afraid to surrender their precious belongings to an airline that...
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