Bamaman
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Totally agree with the bolded. Caveat - be careful checking your luggage. Vueling lost one of our bags for 5 days on our trip this past summer.
After our bag didn't leave Prague with us last year, we had to stay in an Atlanta Airport hotel 2 days waiting on our checked bag. My car keys were in the bag.
We now live by the 22" carry on and 1 small backpack rule. Carry it on and you'll never have any problems. Rick Steve's suggested packing list does work.