Multimedia to know For certain whether your hand baggage in the bagagevak of the plane fits, you can get your suitcase now scan with your smartphone. Momondo, a search engine for airline tickets and hotels, has app extended with a function in ‘augmented reality’ to check whether an item meets the maximum dimensions of the various airlines.

With the ‘hand-Baggage-scanner ” travellers will be able to in an instant check or their trolley, backpack or overnight bag meets the maximum allowed size of the airline with which they fly. That is handy, because the requirements for each airline differ significantly, and who is a large bag, and can be quite a bit lower while still on the plane to take.

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to use the scanner, you first download the app, Momondo (Android or iOS). Then you open the app, register and pick up your ‘Meet your luggage’ on the home screen. Focus your camera on the floor, and then follow the steps on the screen. Then you are asked to use the camera to take the luggage back to the dimensions to be measured (length, width, height and any projection).