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My massive padded bag (it can fit two bikes at a push) folds up to "clamp to your main bag size", I just take a couple of cheap compression straps with me and roll it up/clip it in place on arrival.
If you stack your bike bag on top of (or underneath) your main bag size/weight doesn't seem to be much of an issue? Clamping it on one side or protruding out from your main bag will equal pain and misery.
Erin's bag seems neat as everything seems to end up in a compact, no rattle, "strong" shape with a good/no rip fabric exterior... I have no idea if a shakey bag or a compact bag is actually better in practice though, I've always assumed compact is better.
Throwers walking the bike to the plane and rolling it on/off seems awesome, there don't seem to be many negatives to that approach, as long as you have a bike bag just in case I guess? You wouldn't be able to travel with tools/lock/etc though would you (unless checking another bag)?
The other benefits of a massive padded bag are that you can sleep on it on arrival, classy.