SaintedMother

Another question, while I'm asking "What's with it with these metal supports in the bras that set off the alarms and show up on scans? Can't female travelers perhaps wear only all fabric bras when they travel and not have to worry about it?

This is not an option for all women. Some must wear bras with these supports.

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Do you know which terminal your flight will be leaving from? That can make a difference at Logan.

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Thanks so much, all - very helpful information here. I'm going to try the carry-on route. As an added bonus that will help force me to pack lightly, which is a good thing - I don't like lugging extra stuff around.

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Fbgd, what can I say - I'm probably in the minority on this, but I love to check it and forget it. No fumbling with the toiletries baggie at security, no schlepping the bag around the airport, no worries about fighting for bin space if I board later - just board when I feel like it and stow my little bag at my feet. It probably helps that I've only ever had a bag lost once, and then for just 24 hours.

I'll re-measure my bags to be sure I'm good with the dimensions if I do carry on, as I'm leaning towards doing for this trip. Globaliser raised a good point about the weight - I think the limit for VS is 13 lbs, and that might be problematic if they check it. I'll figure out what the duffle weighs loaded up.

Thanks, all.

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What a great recap! I've enjoyed reading it.

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Hi all,

I'm hoping to appeal to the frequent flyers in the bunch for feedback. Here's my situation.

- Arriving LHR T3 on an overnight flight from the U.S., traveling premium economy on Virgin Atlantic.

- 5 hours later, departing T2, traveling SAS Plus on a separate ticket.

My conundrum is how to deal with my luggage. I will be taking only a small shoulder bag plus a duffle that fits carry on dimensions for VS and SK.

As I understand it, given the separate tickets these are my options:

-Check my duffle in the U.S. Upon arrival in LHR, go thru immigration, go thru customs, pick up duffle, exit T3, enter T2, recheck duffle with SAS, go thru security...

-Carry on the duffle, allowing me to use Flight Connections to stay airside and avoid most of the hokey pokey and time sink mentioned above.

-Hope that VS takes mercy on me at check-in and agrees to interline my bag through to SAS, thus also avoiding the hokey pokey. Best I can tell from what I've read this is probably unlikely - is that correct?

Normally I am more than happy to check my bag. When they put out the call to gate-check bags, I'm the one running up to the counter, grinning ear to ear. For this trip, my impulse to deal with this the easy way by simply hand-carrying my baggage and staying airside is fighting with my usual impulse to check the bag and let other people deal with it.

Are my assumptions correct? What would you do in this scenario?

I assume you mean the Boston does not have any GE interview appointments available until January 2007. 7 months away. That is really hard to even imagine. Are you sure there are not any appointments available before January 2017? More demand I guess.

Unfortunately, this is correct. I got my approval back in March, and the earliest I was able to schedule my interview appointment in Boston was early September.

I've tried the trick of logging in to check for cancellations, and have seen earlier slots come open a couple of times, but nothing that worked for me. Luckily there's not much urgency for me since I'm not traveling internationally until next year...

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Hi Sunni! I'll be solo on the Baltics sailing on 5/16. Are you thinking about one or both of these?

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