Thread: UA to Enforce Carry On Crackdown. Key Number, 21 inches..

Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

It was bound to happen. The size, however, might be an issue. An awful lot of carry on sized bags measure slightly bigger than 22 inches so they may get a lot of push back from their frequent fliers. These folks are used to traveling with a certain bag that has always (and still does) fit but will now be told their bag is too big. I definitely wouldn't want to be a gate agent during the next few months.

Just because their bags were too big then doesn't mean it was right! They just happened to get away with it before. The reason the oversized bag issue has become an "epidemic" is because GAs didn't enforce it for years.