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 ↗0.1 cm too longTight
AmericanBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗0.46 cm to spareFits
DeltaBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too wideTight
FrontierBasic · 9/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
JetBlueBasic · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗0.46 cm to spareFits
SouthwestBasic · 3/10 rarely checks · baggage policy ↗4.3 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 ↗0.46 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 ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Aer LingusBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Air EuropaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
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 ↗0.1 cm too longTight
airBalticBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Austrian AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Azores AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
Binter CanariasBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗10.1 cm too longOver
British AirwaysBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.78 cm to spareTight
Brussels AirlinesBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
CondorEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
easyJetBasic · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
EurowingsEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
FinnairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
IberiaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
IcelandairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
ITA AirwaysBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Jet2.comBasic · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
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 ↗0.1 cm too longTight
LufthansaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Nordwind AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
NorwegianEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
RyanairBasic · 9/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
SASEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
SKY expressBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
SWISSEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
TAP Air PortugalEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
TransaviaEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Ural AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
UTairBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗15.1 cm too longOver
Virgin AtlanticBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
VoloteaEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
VuelingBasic · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗no cabin bagNo cabin bag
WiderøeStandard · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
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 ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Air ChinaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
Air IndiaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
AirAsia MalaysiaBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
ANAEconomy · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Asiana AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
Azerbaijan AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Cathay PacificEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.46 cm to spareTight
Cebu PacificBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.46 cm to spareTight
China AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
China Eastern AirlinesBasic · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
China Southern AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
EVA AirEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Garuda IndonesiaEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Hainan AirlinesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
IndiGoEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Japan AirlinesEconomy · 5/10 sometimes checks · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Korean AirEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too deepRisky
Philippine AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
SaudiaEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.78 cm to spareTight
ScootEconomy · 8/10 measures every bag · baggage policy ↗1.1 cm too longOver
SingaporeEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗3.7 cm to spareFits
STARLUX AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Thai AirAsiaBasic · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Thai AirwaysEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.78 cm to spareTight
Uzbekistan AirwaysEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
VietJet AirEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
Vietnam AirlinesEconomy · 6/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.9 cm to spareTight
XiamenAirEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate (assumed) · baggage policy ↗3.7 cm to spareFits
ZIPAIREconomy · 8/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Middle East
EmiratesEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
Pegasus AirlinesEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
QatarEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗5.1 cm too longOver
SunExpressEconomy · 9/10 measures every bag (assumed) · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
TurkishEconomy · 7/10 checks at the gate · baggage policy ↗0.1 cm too longTight
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 — Best compression“Front pocket lacks padding — a laptop screen broke in T+L's table-drop test.”
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.
Bags that get past more airlines
Only bags carrying the manufacturer's own overall figure appear here — we will not put a bag forward as an answer on someone else's tape measure.