Strange travel dillema

[AustinChief]

Ok, so I head out overseas in a few weeks and everything is fine except for one thing. All my carry on luggage is too big for international travel. Aeroflot (and most carriers overseas) have a max size of 20cm X 40cm X 55cm (7.87" X 15.75" X 21.65")

The problem is, I want something that looks decent has a shoulder strap and is smaller than those dimensions but not MUCH smaller. That is proving next to impossible.

So far I keep running into messenger bags which are far too small or holdalls that are too big. Oh, or things that look like giant purses.

The closest I have found is this.



..and I'm not sure I like not having at least one side pocket.

So, do any of you guys have some super secret source for cool luggage that I am clueless about?

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

So Austin Chief, don't you have any other fears flying on Aeroflot, being an American?

Not at all. Just like any other big international carrier (except with ridiculously hot stewardesses)

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

Not at all. Just like any other big international carrier (except with ridiculously hot stewardesses)

I hear Russians hate Americans right now, is also what I was referring to. I hope you tell them you're Canadian. I did that when in the ME.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I hear Russians hate Americans right now, is also what I was referring to. I hope you tell them you're Canadian. I did that when in the ME.

Nah, it's not much different than here. Would you expect a Russian to get hassled on the street in New York? The average American doesn't give a shit about the average Russian individual, and the same applies in reverse.

The kind of people that are going to give you a hard time are the same ones who would do so regardless, if not for politics they'd just pick a different excuse.