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  • Depends in part what you're wearing, who you are flying with and where you are walking but I could never really get on with a small wheelie and far preferred a good travel rucksack (clamshell opening essential).

    Much easier to walk around with outside of an airport (i.e. when the floor is not perfectly smooth), your hands are free, they are less likely to get checked at the gate (happens a lot with a hard wheelie), more flexible with packing and squeezing into lockers as they are soft, wheels/handle take up a surprising amount of room when you have limited space.

    A ten minute walk with a backpack is absolutely fine, a 10 minute walk with a little wheelie bouncing around behind you is really annoying.

  • Is your plan to have backpack plus wheelie bag? I didn't find that my hard sided wheelie suitcase was bigger than the slightly smaller backpack when it came to packing so you'll really only get extra space if you're adding a bag.

    I used to be able to do a 2 week trip with just a backpack but fortunately I don't have size 12 feet.

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