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Alitalia Carry On Size

Anyone flown lately with Alitalia and a carry-on bag? Our RS Convertible is too large per the Alitalia guidelines. Anyone have a bag they can recommend, and how they handled the 5 kg. weight allotment?

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Hmmm. Been over a year now, but I carried the RS convertible on a round trip flight to Roma with Alitalia. My impression was that, like so many things wonderfully Italian, it all depends on whom you get at the counter...there was a guy on our flight home who seemed to be carrying enough baggage for an entire calcio team, no questions asked!

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How is the RS Convertible too large for the Alitalia carry on rules. The RS bag is 21 x 14 x 9. Alitalia allows 21.6 x 13.8 x 9.8. Do you really think .2 inches is going to matter? Of do you have a wheeled bag and not a convertible?

Either way, the 11 pound limit is going to be tough.

In this case, almost everyone has to check their bag unless, as noted previously, you get a gate agent who looks the other way.