The past couple of trips, I've been bringing overly full roll-away, backpack, CPAP in case, through security. I gate check the roll-away and that gets me into an earlier boarding group, and I just have backpack/CPAP with me, which covers laptop, day pack, chargers, 1 change of clothes. I could also put a mini toiletry in the backpack. Downside is that normally I have to pick up roll-away at baggage claim.
Got it. How do you avoid the roll-away making floor contact in the men's bathroom? Do you gate check the roll-away before going to the bathroom? I have thought of the whole checking thing, which is why we got the Alaska and United credit cards so we could check the bags in front of security, both lightening our load and leaving us free to use bathrooms inside security.
Well, I don't have the floor contact neurosis since I never touch the wheels ;), but also, recently I've been traveling with Bryn, so we just take turns watching each other's stuff. What about the luggage handler handling all the other bags in addition to your own? Do you wipe down the handle every single time you grab it? Isn't the baggage carousel NAF itself?
There's often a little bleach wipe action that goes on from time-to-time, but typically we just wash our own hands before we touch anything else in the "inside world" when we get home.
The baggage carousel is nasty, too. However, those men's bathroom floors are probably 100X more gross. I just can't imagine wheeling a bag onto that surface and then wheeling that bag into our condo. It's also why we don't wear shoes in the house.
Wow ‘business’ travel depends on where and what you’re doing. I used to wear my steel toe boots through security when they’d wand you at best. Now days those puppies go in the checked bag along with hardhat, hi-viz vest, electronics tool pouch and all the clothes I needed for up to 2 full weeks on longer deployments. After using a Samsonite Oyster hard shell case (you might have been with me in Chicago, running through a closing, lights going out, JC Penny’s to get it to check out to haul a PC back to WTC). I found my low cost, it’ll crap out and I can replace it anywhere; Walmart black full size rollaboard (it lasted longer than the Oyster and cost way less)! I guess standard (if you can call it that) is low cost functional. With the zippered expansion panel I’ve never needed more than one checked item even for an, unbeknownst to me, 6 month commissioning role on site! I had what I needed, laundry every 2 weeks, etc.
I’ve had some lost bag events but only once where I had to make essentials purchases that UNITED gladly reimbursed me (always helps to be million miles 1K).
I remember the luggables, Osborne 1, Kaypro II, Compaq Portable with shoulder bag, I was really stoked to get my first Tandy Model 100 with mouse ears acoustic coupler modem! Dial into WTC and get my VAX-mail or hit a bulletin board via CompuServe! Back when Road Warriors ….. WERE! Looking forward someday to retirement travel, no plans current day. Up in the AIR!
Ha! I am not sure I remember the JCPenney purchase of the Oyster! Indeed, traveling with all the gear would not have been fun! A 6-month commissioning role inside sounds even less fun. You’re making me glad I am retired!
Speaking of “Up in the Air”, they set up a fictitious Barracuda booth in the tradeshow scene in the movie, and we sent them our tradeshow shirts for people to play us in the movie!!!
The past couple of trips, I've been bringing overly full roll-away, backpack, CPAP in case, through security. I gate check the roll-away and that gets me into an earlier boarding group, and I just have backpack/CPAP with me, which covers laptop, day pack, chargers, 1 change of clothes. I could also put a mini toiletry in the backpack. Downside is that normally I have to pick up roll-away at baggage claim.
Got it. How do you avoid the roll-away making floor contact in the men's bathroom? Do you gate check the roll-away before going to the bathroom? I have thought of the whole checking thing, which is why we got the Alaska and United credit cards so we could check the bags in front of security, both lightening our load and leaving us free to use bathrooms inside security.
Well, I don't have the floor contact neurosis since I never touch the wheels ;), but also, recently I've been traveling with Bryn, so we just take turns watching each other's stuff. What about the luggage handler handling all the other bags in addition to your own? Do you wipe down the handle every single time you grab it? Isn't the baggage carousel NAF itself?
There's often a little bleach wipe action that goes on from time-to-time, but typically we just wash our own hands before we touch anything else in the "inside world" when we get home.
The baggage carousel is nasty, too. However, those men's bathroom floors are probably 100X more gross. I just can't imagine wheeling a bag onto that surface and then wheeling that bag into our condo. It's also why we don't wear shoes in the house.
Wow ‘business’ travel depends on where and what you’re doing. I used to wear my steel toe boots through security when they’d wand you at best. Now days those puppies go in the checked bag along with hardhat, hi-viz vest, electronics tool pouch and all the clothes I needed for up to 2 full weeks on longer deployments. After using a Samsonite Oyster hard shell case (you might have been with me in Chicago, running through a closing, lights going out, JC Penny’s to get it to check out to haul a PC back to WTC). I found my low cost, it’ll crap out and I can replace it anywhere; Walmart black full size rollaboard (it lasted longer than the Oyster and cost way less)! I guess standard (if you can call it that) is low cost functional. With the zippered expansion panel I’ve never needed more than one checked item even for an, unbeknownst to me, 6 month commissioning role on site! I had what I needed, laundry every 2 weeks, etc.
I’ve had some lost bag events but only once where I had to make essentials purchases that UNITED gladly reimbursed me (always helps to be million miles 1K).
I remember the luggables, Osborne 1, Kaypro II, Compaq Portable with shoulder bag, I was really stoked to get my first Tandy Model 100 with mouse ears acoustic coupler modem! Dial into WTC and get my VAX-mail or hit a bulletin board via CompuServe! Back when Road Warriors ….. WERE! Looking forward someday to retirement travel, no plans current day. Up in the AIR!
Ha! I am not sure I remember the JCPenney purchase of the Oyster! Indeed, traveling with all the gear would not have been fun! A 6-month commissioning role inside sounds even less fun. You’re making me glad I am retired!
Speaking of “Up in the Air”, they set up a fictitious Barracuda booth in the tradeshow scene in the movie, and we sent them our tradeshow shirts for people to play us in the movie!!!