A couple of years ago, I thought I'd lucked out when I managed to bag £50 return flights from Liverpool Airport to Barcelona with a carry on case.
In advance, I looked up the baggage dimension rules, and eagerly packed my items thinking all was above board - not realising I'd made a rookie error.
While my actual cabin case was within the correct dimensions, what I hadn't realised, was that my wheels and handle were part of these.
As such, I was fined to fly both there and back - and it's fair to say it ate into the small holiday budget I'd allocated. I was upset, but knowing there was nothing I could do about it at the boarding gate, I was forced to cough up.
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