New(now old) Guidelines on Hand-Carried Luggage
For short trips, I always like to hand carry my luggage onto the plane. Reasons are:
- My luggage on wheels is small and light even with my macbook in it
- I do not have to worry that my check-in luggage gets smack and smash by the airport staff.
- One particular experience was that I forgot to take out some coins and a nokia battery out of the zip of my check-in luggage. I only notice the coins and battery stolen when I reach home.
- After arrival and clear custom, I can move out of the airport in super sonic speed. Not many airports has a efficient and fast system like Changi. I waited close to 2 hours once for my luggage in another international airport.
Sounds cool with the reasons above. However, things get edgy with your favorite and personal shower and make-up(if any) amenities in your hand carry luggage. Liquids, aerosols and gels must be less than 100ml for each bottle and total up of all the items not more than 1 litre. All must be pack in a transparent re-sealable plastic bag. For people who must use their favorite shampoo or gel, this sometimes post a problem. It could be hard to find a 100ml of your favorite amenities. You can try to bring in something larger than 100ml but runs the risk of it being confiscated. Find out more detail information here
However if you pack all of your amenities into your check-in luggage, you can put in it any amount of amenities. At the end of the day, its up to you to decide. For me, able to zip out of the airport in super sonic speed is my preferred choice than my amenities. What is yours?
