American Airlines is quietly removing baggage sizers from gates, a change that has left me scratching my head and raised reasonable fear that carry-on size enforcement is about to become much more arbitrary.
How to support this change:
But positively, from AA’s perspective, sizers potentially slow down boarding, cause friction, and can create embarrassing gate-check moments. By shifting to agent judgment, AA may be signalling that it simply isn’t going to bother enforcing what it generally has not enforced anyway. That may reduce delays and staffing friction.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
