Changed my flight back from Philadelphia to route through San Francisco (with the final destination still being Portland). I planned to abandon the last leg of my flight, and just get off in SF. Well, as a late addition to the Philly flight, I was put in low priority for boarding and by the time I was allowed to proceed I was informed there was no space in overhead compartments for my carry-on. The airline said they'd check my bag, but the could only check it to the final destination?!? This meant that my bag would go to Portland without me. I scrambled to empty as much as possible from my carry-on and stuff clothes and toiletries into my backpack. It was a frenzied hack job. So lessons learned:
1) If you are going to make an itinerary change be prepared to loose access to your carry-on luggage and pack accordingly
2) Be more aggressive about getting on the plane early so that your luggage fits. I used to hang back at the end of the line, not really bothering about when I boarded. More and more frequently this means having to check your hand luggage, and with all the travel I'm doing, I don't want to have to go retrieve bags at baggage claim (what if it doesn't arrive? then I'm screwed for work)
On the plus side of this experience, I got to see the Tile at work because I had put one in my luggage!
1) If you are going to make an itinerary change be prepared to loose access to your carry-on luggage and pack accordingly
2) Be more aggressive about getting on the plane early so that your luggage fits. I used to hang back at the end of the line, not really bothering about when I boarded. More and more frequently this means having to check your hand luggage, and with all the travel I'm doing, I don't want to have to go retrieve bags at baggage claim (what if it doesn't arrive? then I'm screwed for work)
On the plus side of this experience, I got to see the Tile at work because I had put one in my luggage!
