Strange and unusual carry on item

[richie9x]

A couple of weeks ago flying from MEL-BNE a woman seated a few rows behind me brought an unusual carry on item on the plane. A human spinal cord and pelvis. Not sure what happened to the rest him.



Has anyone else seen anything as unusual as that?

 

[samiam]

Has anyone else seen anything as unusual as that?

Not personally

Source: manonthelam.com

 

[Fantic125]

ISTR on this forum someone asking about taking a stuffed crocodile head on board as carry-on...:shock:

 

[ashleyn]

I'd like to ask about carry on. There have been lots of posts about wheelies, etc. When I travel I take a very small backpack or QF bag with laptop and not much else. What do people have in those wheel on bags ? Why does it need to come into the cabin anyway ? Does any airline check the size ? QF it seems the answer is no. Are people just avoiding excess baggage charges by loading up their cabin bags and if so what do people think about this ?

 

[Saji]

I know of a person who does not like to wait for checked in bags to arrive so travels with the bare necessities but takes that as carry on luggage. Each to his own!!!

 

[medhead]

Simple answer is people have wheelies to avoid checking in luggage, so no they are not avoiding excess charges. At a guess they have clothes and personal effects required for a few days away.

I don't have a wheelie but my carry on contains 3 shirts, matching smalls, 1 casual outfit/swimmers, 2 frozen meals, medical equipment, laptop/ipad, couple of magazines and USB sticks, cables and similar odds and sods


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[anat0l]

I know of a person who does not like to wait for checked in bags to arrive so travels with the bare necessities but takes that as carry on luggage. Each to his own!!!

LOL Plenty of us try to do that, especially on short trips. We don't exactly like checked baggage either and waiting for it; sometimes, it's just a necessary evil to have to check baggage.


As for the spinal cord, I assume it's one of those model things you see in a chiropractor's office hanging off a metal frame? I mean, who would steal someone else's like that - would be a pretty spineless thing to do (sorry, couldn't help it).


As for unusual carry items.... Krispy Kreme doughnuts (until a few years back when the stores themselves proliferated and the fad died), and I know one forum member (not so active anymore here) who asked about bringing a giant stuffed animal toy with him for a loved one (I can't remember what the animal was... a koala maybe...)


The wheelie bag is popular now due to (a) checked bag charges on some carriers, (b) the convenience of the "road warrior" - no need to waste valuable minutes at the baggage reclaim; just walk right through and out the door. Unfortunately, aircraft of any size were never designed to allow every passenger on board to carry on a wheelie bag....

 

[medhead]

I know of a person who does not like to wait for checked in bags to arrive so travels with the bare necessities but takes that as carry on luggage. Each to his own!!!

Yep, waiting 20 minutes a week, 50 weeks a year adds up pretty quick. 16 hours that I don't want to waste.

As for unusual carry items.... Krispy Kreme doughnuts (until a few years back when the stores themselves proliferated and the fad died).

Still plenty of them on SYD-ADL

 

[munitalP]

I'd like to ask about carry on. There have been lots of posts about wheelies, etc. When I travel I take a very small backpack or QF bag with laptop and not much else. What do people have in those wheel on bags ? Why does it need to come into the cabin anyway ? Does any airline check the size ? QF it seems the answer is no. Are people just avoiding excess baggage charges by loading up their cabin bags and if so what do people think about this ?

I suggest that you have a read of this thread, it may answer your question

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/open-discussion/how-do-you-pack-my-33457.html

 

[Nigelinoz]

As for unusual carry items.... Krispy Kreme doughnuts (until a few years back when the stores themselves proliferated and the fad died)

Still plenty of them on SYD-ADL

And SYD-ABX as well,on a recent flight one lady had Krispy Kreme and KFC.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[spudseamus]

just goes to show ,there are skeletons in some airlines cupboards!!

 

[SeaWolf]

I had a woman once ask me to be careful as I put my bag in the overhead because she had a cake in there! Sure enough, in a flimsy cardboard box was a cake. This was a SQ flight from MUC-SIN. Who brings a cake on a long haul flight?

 

[AVC]

Maybe she gets really hungry on those long flights.

I wonder if the woman the OP was talking about, was bring the entire skeleton piece by piece, to save having to book a seat?

 

[simongr]

I'd like to ask about carry on. There have been lots of posts about wheelies, etc. When I travel I take a very small backpack or QF bag with laptop and not much else. What do people have in those wheel on bags ? Why does it need to come into the cabin anyway ? Does any airline check the size ? QF it seems the answer is no. Are people just avoiding excess baggage charges by loading up their cabin bags and if so what do people think about this ?

My bag usually has overnight clothes plus power cables and toiletries.

Two reasons - I spent three weeks in the UK without my luggage then two days in NY without my luggage on the same trip - I prefer to control my destiny when it comes to luggage. Second - speed and convenience - why wait for luggage when I can be away from the airport before the bags come out.

 

[turnip666]

Back in 1999 I was waiting at Normanton for a flight back to Cairns at the end of the milk run. Cairns....Normanton...Doomagee...MT Isa...Normanaton ...Cairns. The Co pilot delveired 2 large bags of burgers from McDonalds in Mt Isa which must have been at least 3 hours old. A regular treat for the Normanton staff when they heated them up again.

Would have hated to live with the smell of those in the overhead lockers! Or seen what they looked like if someone dupmed their carry on on top.

 

[medhead]

The burgers could very well have been cold from Macdonalds. Port Augusta hungry jacks used to sell me cold burgers regularly to take home and heat up when required over the following months. The only requirement was to have an esky to keep them cold. Saved me a few hours drive each time I might want a burger.


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