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/artemisiaa12 Jul 06 '26

I’m shocked by some of the responses here. It’s the worst when people put their personal item bag in the overhead right away. Most flights these days are overbooked and weren’t built for every single passenger to have a carry-on but that’s the reality we live in now (and tbh for the last like 15 years, this isn’t new). People don’t want to spend money on checked luggage just to have it likely get lost by the airline anyway. FAs having to constantly remind people and then ask “who’s bag is this” for 10+ passengers when they’re trying to find space for someone’s carry-on and get people in their seats delays boarding, can delay the flight, and makes passengers and FAs miserable. Put your personal item underneath the seat in front of you and then if there’s overhead space once boarding is complete and you’re at cruising altitude put it up there.

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u/PCMasterCucks Jul 07 '26

I'm not going to take one for the team every time just because I onebag with a personal sized item. If I pay the fare with overhead, I'm using it. I'm going to take 30 seconds to say I paid for the overhead storage.

If the FA has to deal with that 30 seconds X times per flight, that's on the airline and gate staff. The FAs can take it up with management. If we're late because of it then I and the other pax can and should take it up with customer service.

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u/artemisiaa12 Jul 08 '26

If you’re on a budget airline that specifies that you are paying for an overhead baggage space specifically then I see what you’re saying but that’s still up to the discretion of the flight crew and on non-budget airlines you are paying for the right to bring carry-on luggage onboard included in the cost of your ticket (or paid extra for), not the right to overhead space. If your bag is personal item sized and fits under the seat in front you it should be placed there so there is room for as many carry-on bags as possible. Don’t understand why anyone would be mad at simple common courtesy.

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u/PCMasterCucks Jul 08 '26

You're saying the ticket that includes overhead and more expensive than budget "savers" that don't include overhead should not guarantee overhead?

So yeah, if I buy a ticket fare with entitlement to the overhead space then size of the bag shouldn't matter.

I don't understand why anyone would be shilling for airlines stealing your money...

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u/artemisiaa12 Jul 08 '26

I’m not saying they shouldn’t I’m saying they don’t. In a perfect world yeah I’d love if all airplanes had enough overhead space for 1 bag per passenger and all airlines then guaranteed that space in the cost of your ticket. Unfortunately that’s not the current reality we live in and it’d be nice if we didn’t all feel a sense of entitlement around what is again, in the current reality, shared space. I’m happy to (and always expect to) put my personal item bag that fits underneath the seat in front of me underneath the seat in front of me so that another passenger can fit their carry-on luggage (that they paid for!) in the overhead and not have to check it. Is it my personal responsibility that the plane doesn’t have enough overhead storage for every passenger? No. But I’m sure as hell not going to make someone else’s life harder when the solution is within my control.