This figure comes from a review publication, not the manufacturer. We attribute it and are replacing it at source; until then this bag is shown rather than recommended.
Every airline we track
On the cheapest economy fare each airline publishes. A different fare often changes the answer, which is what the trip checker is for.
North America
AeroméxicoBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
AmericanBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗2.56 cm to spareFits
DeltaBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗2 cm to spareFits
FrontierBasic · 9/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
JetBlueBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗2.56 cm to spareFits
SouthwestBasic · 3/10 rarely checks · baggage policy ↗5.2 cm to spareFits
UnitedBasic · 6/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗not researchedUnknown
Central America
Copa AirlinesBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.56 cm to spareFits
South America
AviancaBasic · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗not researchedUnknown
GOL Linhas AéreasBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
Aegean AirlinesBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.9 cm to spareFits
Aer LingusBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
Air EuropaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2 cm to spareFits
Air FranceBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
Air SerbiaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
airBalticBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Austrian AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Azores AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
Binter CanariasBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗7.1 cm too longOver
British AirwaysBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗3.78 cm to spareFits
Brussels AirlinesBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
CondorEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
easyJetBasic · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
EurowingsEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
FinnairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
IberiaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗3.9 cm to spareFits
IcelandairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
ITA AirwaysBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Jet2.comBasic · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.9 cm to spareFits
KLMBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
LOT Polish AirlinesBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
LufthansaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Nordwind AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
NorwegianEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
RyanairBasic · 9/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
SASEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
SKY expressBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
SWISSEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
TAP Air PortugalEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
TransaviaEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
Ural AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
UTairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗12.1 cm too longOver
Virgin AtlanticBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
VoloteaEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
VuelingBasic · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
WiderøeStandard · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
Wizz AirBasic · 9/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
Asia
Air AstanaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.9 cm to spareFits
Air ChinaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
Air IndiaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
AirAsia MalaysiaBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
ANAEconomy · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
Asiana AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
Azerbaijan AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Cathay PacificEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗2.56 cm to spareFits
Cebu PacificBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.56 cm to spareFits
China AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
China Eastern AirlinesBasic · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
China Southern AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
EVA AirEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Garuda IndonesiaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Hainan AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
IndiGoEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2 cm to spareFits
Japan AirlinesEconomy · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
Korean AirEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.2 cm too deepTight
Philippine AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
SaudiaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.78 cm to spareFits
ScootEconomy · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗1.9 cm to spareTight
SingaporeEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗9.7 cm to spareFits
STARLUX AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Thai AirAsiaBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Thai AirwaysEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.78 cm to spareFits
Uzbekistan AirwaysEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2 cm to spareFits
VietJet AirEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
Vietnam AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
XiamenAirEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗9.7 cm to spareFits
ZIPAIREconomy · 8/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.9 cm to spareFits
Middle East
EmiratesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗1.8 cm to spareTight
Pegasus AirlinesEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
QatarEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗2.1 cm too longOver
SunExpressEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
TurkishEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗2.8 cm to spareFits
What we don't tell you
We check whether a bag fits. We don't review — and those are genuinely different jobs.
Whether a bag survives five years, whether the wheels cope with cobblestones, whether the warranty gets honoured, whether the handle rattles — none of that shows up in a dimension. We have nothing useful to say about any of it.
Rated elsewhere
Travel + Leisure“Over 9 lb empty eats into strict international weight allowances.”
Both of those are true. They are answering whether this is a good bag. We are answering whether it gets on the plane. Be wary of anyone claiming to settle both at once.
Flying somewhere specific? Check this bag against your actual airlines and the fare you booked — the answer changes a lot by fare.