Alitalia

For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo*

"erilar" wrote in message
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For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
Of course check by calling but I think that is the max wt of the luggage
itself as in they don't want any lead cases. s

In article ,
"Steve Cain" wrote:

"erilar" wrote in message
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For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

Of course check by calling but I think that is the max wt of the luggage
itself as in they don't want any lead cases.

I can't find a number to call. And what do you mean "the luggage
itself"? Even Air France at its snippiest let me have 7 kg. AND a
purse.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo*

"erilar" wrote in message
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I can't find a number to call.

http://www.alitalia.com/US_EN/contac...callcenter.htm

AND a purse.

Don't forget, if you call Alitalia outside of the US, that, in Europe, a
'purse' is a small holder for coinage. A purse is a 'handbag' in UK English.

Ian

Of course !

"erilar" a écrit dans le message de
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For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

US

"Ian F." a écrit dans le message de
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"erilar" wrote in message
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I can't find a number to call.

http://www.alitalia.com/US_EN/contac...callcenter.htm

AND a purse.

Don't forget, if you call Alitalia outside of the US, that, in Europe, a
'purse' is a small holder for coinage. A purse is a 'handbag' in UK
English.

Ian

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"Runge14" wrote:

Of course !

"erilar" a écrit dans le message de

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

Well , I wasn't allowed one at Heathrow a couple years ago.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo*

In article ,
"Ian F." wrote:

"erilar" wrote in message
...

I can't find a number to call.

http://www.alitalia.com/US_EN/contac...callcenter.htm

AND a purse.

Don't forget, if you call Alitalia outside of the US, that, in Europe, a
'purse' is a small holder for coinage. A purse is a 'handbag' in UK English.

Ian

Thank you. I apparently missed that page in my search. And "handbag" it
is 8-)

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo*

erilar wrote:
For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

Their website doesn't mention if you can take a coat or an umbrella either.

T.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:26:50 +0100, Tom P wrote:

erilar wrote:
For my sins, I am going to be traveling to and from Sicily soon on this
airline I am not familiar with. I have, however, read some bad things
about, among other things, their creative handling of checked luggage.
I will fly from Chicago and change planes in Rome. I don't check
luggage, particularly when changing planes,

but

I have just been looking at the carry-on rules on their website and it
says my carry-on cannot weigh more than 5 kg. I have never heard of
such a tiny weight limit. I can't even take a spare pair of shoes? The
size limit seems standard.

I can find no mention of purses. Is one allowed a purse?

Their website doesn't mention if you can take a coat or an umbrella
either.

I thought Alitalia was bankrupt?


They were, but Italian sleight of hand plus Air France/KLM has resurrected
them. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7825612.stm

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JohnT