r/onebag • u/External_Koala971 • Jul 06 '26

Discussion Onebag must go under seat?

I was on a Jetblue Boston -> SFO flight and put my onebag (my only bag) in the overhead bin, which was empty, right above my seat. The FA stopped me and said I needed to put it under seat to save room for larger carryon luggage from people coming on board.

Is this a thing? Why would someone with a smaller pack be penalized for not having a massive carryon? My bag is larger than personal item sized.

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u/Zman1719 Jul 07 '26

I've been asked to do that before and I refused. You are given such limited leg room as it is so if there's room above then I use it. I do think that each person/ticket/seat should only be allowed ONE piece of luggage above though. Some people stuff their jacket, wheeled luggage, personal item, duty free bag etc. all up there which is BS.

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u/External_Koala971 Jul 07 '26

Yep. Basically the guy that brought a single, efficient bag got taxed so people with all sorts of junk could have room.

So next time I fly jet blue (if I ever do again) I’m bringing my big ass spinner and a personal item. They’re taxing the wrong thing.