hand luggage
noun
: small pieces of luggage that a passenger can carry onto an airplane
You are entitled to one piece of hand luggage per flight.
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That shouldn’t detract too much from what remain a hugely stylish, powerful little laptop that is ideally suited to business executives who want a device to slip into their hand luggage.
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Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Unclaimed Baggage also sells items left in seat pockets, overhead bins and in hand luggage, said Sonni Hood, the store’s spokesperson.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Start by packing all essential items in your hand luggage.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
And unlike your traditional pliers-style multitool, which usually have a blade longer than the allowable length for airline hand luggage, Toolkey II is TSA compliant.
—Dave Gosling, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2024
Medium-haul passengers carried 0.2 kg (0.4 lbs) more hand luggage than short-haul passengers.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Passengers flying with full-service carriers carried 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs) more in hand luggage than those flying with low-cost carriers.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Their shape and density have baffled airport security scanners for some time, leading to requests to carry them as hand luggage.
—Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
There was even a three-piece set of hand luggage that matched the car’s internal colorways.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
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Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Unclaimed Baggage also sells items left in seat pockets, overhead bins and in hand luggage, said Sonni Hood, the store’s spokesperson.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Start by packing all essential items in your hand luggage.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
And unlike your traditional pliers-style multitool, which usually have a blade longer than the allowable length for airline hand luggage, Toolkey II is TSA compliant.
—Dave Gosling, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2024
Medium-haul passengers carried 0.2 kg (0.4 lbs) more hand luggage than short-haul passengers.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Passengers flying with full-service carriers carried 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs) more in hand luggage than those flying with low-cost carriers.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
Their shape and density have baffled airport security scanners for some time, leading to requests to carry them as hand luggage.
—Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
There was even a three-piece set of hand luggage that matched the car’s internal colorways.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Hand luggage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20luggage. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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