There is no overhead on the Cesna. They will take your carry on as you enter the plane and stow it in the wing, tail or back section as space allows. If your flight is full and some have 'questionable' size carry on pieces, they may hold them for the next flight.

Cape Air doesn't let you take bags on board but even many of the American Eagle flights are the same.

However, every time we've gone on these you don't have to check the bag ahead of time. Instead, you go to the plane, the bag is taken as you board and you get it back as you get off. I know at least AA gives you a ticket but I don't think Cape Air did - it was so small it certainly wasn't needed.

-AJ

Hello Deb,

On the small planes that don't have any or much overhead or underseat space the flight attendants will take the carry on from you either when standing in line to board the flight or right at the door of the plane. They will put a little tag on your bag and give you the other half of the tag, in most cases. And then when the plane lands you collect your carry on from right outside the plane's door when exiting. Sometimes you have to wait a few minutes while the baggage handlers gather the carry ons and bring them to the plane side/door area.

--Islander

I almost flipped on my only Cape Air flight when the attendant took my soft backpack/purse and stuck it in the wing. I'd never imagined such a thing. And there was only one other passenger on the plane. Fortunately he allowed me to keep my camera case and I was able to shoot some great pictures from the plane, including takeoff and landing out the front window right over Capt. Tony's shoulder. I must say, that flight was the greatest plane ride I've ever taken. Ok, so I'm not a world traveler....

Gerie

I'm still trying to figure out how Cape Air can charge $274 R/T between SJU and STT and stay in business. A/A is $100 less than that and Caribbean Sun is $130 less.

I haven't bought tickets yet for August travel but I have a hard time with the fact that ATA is $258 R/T between Orlando and San Juan and Cape Air is $274 R/T from San Juan to St. Thomas.

The only reason I'm even considering Cape Air is because my girlfriend received a free ticket to anywhere Cape Air flies, good for one year. Last month, with only 3 people on the flight, Cape Air managed to fail to put her luggage on the plane when traveling from St. Thomas to San Juan. Nor could they arrange to get her luggage on the next flight so that it could be carried over to Spirit in time for her flight to Orlando. Four days later she finally got her luggage delivered via Fed Ex. I suggested she send an email to their customer service detailing the incident - which she did.

In any case, it STILL may be cheaper to fly other airlines than to use her free ticket and pay for another for me at the $274 rate - in which case the free ticket becomes virtually useless.

Richard N. Kurpiers

I was not actually asking the question for me, but for a friend who is joining me. She is using frequent flyer milage and this is the only way she could get there on the dates she wanted to fly.

They also extended her lay-over from 1 hr. to 3 hrs. Anybody had any luck with getting a more convienient flight once your there?

Deb, we also had a long layover in SJU before our Cape Air flight but we jogged to the Cape Air desk and asked if we could stand by on an earlier flight. We were able to do so easily because space was available. USAirways had a baggage agreement with Cape Air, so we had through checked our luggage and only had small carry-opn bags - no problem. Big luggage arrived much later and separately at the hotel (which was great, since we didn't have to deal with it).

It's worth a try.

I've paid $160 rt between SJU and STT.

As others have said, "checking" luggage on Cape is hardly like checking on the larger planes. I recall getting off on STT, they led us into a small door where there was a tiny conveyor belt right - maybe 10 feet long. The luggage handler actually pulled the luggage out of the plane, walked it over and pushed it through a flap onto the belt. It was so funny to see. We had out luggage and were off in no time.