[bluefish81]

I'm glad that there's at least a little bit of lead time in terms of putting this into effect and when they'll start charging. When I flew back in February the flight attendant here tried to tell me I couldn't carry on both my laptop and my small purse and I'd have to get the purse into the laptop bag. WTF? Now I'm starting to wonder when I'll find out which company I'm flying on when I go on vacation this fall...

AGDee, I have a big enough suitcase - has an expandable zipper that I'm able to get my garmant bag inside it and still get it closed. When I went to Michigan back in February I was 1.5 pounds underweight. I'm not as concerned about it this trip because I figure that I'm not packing sweaters and boots.

Oh and regarding the liquids, I just check all of them and put them in a big ziplock or two inside the zip comparment in my suitcase. I figure worst case scenario, and they get lost, I'll pick up some more, but I like to get through TSA as easily as possible. I keep my medication in my carryon but it's pill form.