Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
My solution would be to throw that pos bag away and buy a smaller, lighter bag that doesn’t scream aircrew and meets the normal travel standards. The travelpro bag is about $200, basically a bar bill. These are petty things in the big picture of things. Not worth the hassle.
Your other option is to keep using that bag and get a hard time every single time you go through security while hoping they actually let you through with your bag
Clearly your solution doesn't work for everyone. I keep a 26 for occasional 6 day international trips, never had a problem with it, don't care if it "screams aircrew", and I don't care if some rogue TSA knob doesn't like it, perfect for hauling vino home from Paris and Rome.