Here’s a scenario you don’t want to be in: you roll up to the airplane gate and they ask you to see if your carry-on fits in the measuring box. No problem. You lift your suitcase, put it in, and… oops… it doesn’t fit. You flip it over, try to shove it in, jump on top of it. There’s no way it’s going in.
“Sorry,” says the gate agent. “You’re going to have to check that bag, and you’re going to have to pay for it.”
Fortunately, you don’t ever have to be in that situation. With just a little forethought, it’s easy to look up your airline’s size limit and measure your suitcase to be sure it will fit.
And trust me, it’s much better to learn how to measure luggage ahead of time so you don’t have to pay to check a bag you weren’t planning on paying for.
So, if you want to know how to measure your luggage, you’re in the right place. Let’s get started.