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Getting to Bonaire: Is American enforcing the tiny carry-on rule?
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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Kennedy (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 6:14 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We haven't been to Bonaire since '02 and are worried that American may be enforcing the rules for international flights that call for ludicrously tiny (i.e., toy) carry-ons. Has anybody run into a problem with AA taking on a standard-sized carry-on (e.g., ours are 24 X 15 X 8)? I'd call the airline, but my experience is that the people who answer the phones often don't know @#$% from shinola about such things. Thanks in advance. Can't wait to get back into the water.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Randy Webb (BonaireTalker - Post #27) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 6:48 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We just returned from 9 days on Bonaire late last night. We took AA from Dallas via Miami to Curacao then connected with DCA. I use the large Pelican case for my Nikonos V and strobe which is 19" x 16" x 9". We also carry on another bag with a regulator bag inside as well as film and land cameras. That bag is 24" x 14" x 12" and is not a problem. I will tell you to get to the airport early enough that you can be on of the first group on the plane, therefore guaranteeing you of overhead bin space.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Susan Taft (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #334) on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 8:52 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

In Feb our carry-ons on AA consisted of a standard size small rolling bag with our regs and 2 backpacks. Had no trouble taking all on the first flight ("the big plane") and knew that we would have to curb check the small roller in San Juan. Am wondering about your method Randy as the first group to board now is the back of the plane and while that does in fact guarantee overhead space we have not had trouble finding space when seated further forward.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Belinda Z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #116) on Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 4:50 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Randy,

When you get to the airport has no bearing on which group you are in to board. I'm sitting in the the airport right now - unfortunately NOT headed to Bonaire :-( - and I checked in for my flight yesterday afternoon online and I'm in group 5. According to American Airlines they started the group boarding method to get rid of some of the bottlenecks in boarding. The back of the plane no longer boards first - the groups are spread out throughout the plane - some in back, some in the middle, some in the front so that not everyone in the same area is trying to get seated at once. So far since they started the group method I have always been group 4 or group 5 - I think you have to bribe someone to get in the lower numbered groups :-)

Belinda

 


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