as it turns out it comes around full circle to bite you in the butt, you do the considerate thing and it even cost you to do this, and your expectations are not high, and your are being reasonable with a small bag, so it shouldn't be a deal
i understand the predicament that it puts the FA's in but there is no need to tell people that the small bags must go under, you paid for your ticket just like the passenger next to you, you are permited x amount of space to use
i understand that people dont want to pay the fees so they use these big "small" bags that may or may not be regulation size as they dont seem to check half the time, which fill up the space, and they are too big to get under the seat, and that the flight attendants are trying to accomodate but that doesn't mean making you or someone else with a small bag put it under your seat just for others comfortability
but yeah you dont want to tick off FA's as they have very long days and a tough working condition with many people that they have to deal with, and it stresses them out, there are ones that are just outright grumpy, but many FA's are actually pretty polite and helpful but even they can get a frazzled, but once you have 1 experience with a bad FA than your experiences are always going to seem worse, and if you look out for negatives in them than you overanalyse everything......anyway back to the situation, i would kindly suggest to the FA that you paid for your bag to be checked and so that you could have a little more room and comfort and that it was a small comp bag that is up there that shouldnt make too much of a difference and if it is ok to keep it up there (if the FA asks about it.........also whenever i fly coach/economy and i have my laptop with me i dont really like putting it up there personally, i have had a laptop break due to someones bag smashing into it as they kept throwing their bag directly on my laptop-obviously overweight bag as the man was struggling just to pick it up of the ground and this guy was telling me how he works out everyday for 3 hours (weight training))
so yeah you should be allowed to use the space since it is within the dimensions and you have as much a right as everyone else, you paid to have your other bag checked in (other passangers and teh FA's wouldnt have known that- but what difference does it make? none you only wanted to put a comp bag up there which if need be can be positiond ontop of another bag, between other bags or however way it can fit, but it will fit and you are entitled to that space
jimworks, how would others know if he checked in a bag or not? also its not a monopolistic situation, again each airline has a hub, even the small ones, and airlines are biggers than others and have the means of routes as they have that capability, other airlines are by all means free to use the same routes if the so choose, they can charge what they want because there is competition (dirct flights with other airlines or 1 stop) and it is perfectly legal for an airline to have a "home base" where they have many flights into and out of, just like other businesses they have their headquarters somewhere (in many cases over here they are in Delaware for the taxes) so do they have large amount of market shares in certain regions? yes but thats because the size of the company and the planes need to be somewhere and the nature of the business, its not a monopoly but resembles aspects of it but there is still substantial amount of competition that allows passengers to choose if the want to fly airline a or airline b, or they could choose other means of transport...... i question you sometimes because you bring up good and intelectual points and thats a healthy thing
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