I use an American Tourister roll-on bag. Nothing too fancy, when you go to buy one, site on it empty and see if it feels secure. They have a WIDE RANGE of quality, so be careful. I've used more expensive stuff (like Tumi and Zero Halliburton) and found that the expensive stuff says "steal me" more that the stuff that says "dirty socks and hotel shampoos in here".

Another point for the eVest or photographer's vest as your best piece of luggage - you take it off, you put it in the tray, it goes through, you put it on again. Since it's a plain black vest, not a BDU type. for the most part, they are usually mostly interested in my bag, as the first aid kit ALWAYS shows the scissors, and that ALWAYS gets a second look. The vest just goes through

Some other "equipped to fly coach" tips that I'm only now just thinking about.

- Carry on baggage never goes where you aren't. Another reason to ship ahead

- Don't try to use a GPS while in flight. It scares the hell out of the flight crew, however, if you use a PDA equipped with buult-in GPS they don't notice or care.

- If you MUST eat the crud on the plane, order a Kosher Meal or Vegitarian Meal. Not only is the food better, you sometimes get served ahead of everyone else.

- Having "tower" and "clearance delivery" frequencies programmed into my VX5 has made the difference between having the time to eat properly during a flight delay. I can hear the pilots and ground crew talking and I know the REAL time of push-back.

Well that's all for now.