Make this make sense please
Im flying from jfk to atl for a quick family function. I only need a carry on and back pack. The way I fly all the time.
Every electronic I own is rechargeable with a lithium battery. My curler, 360 camera, toothbrush, portable chargers, straightener, clothes steamer, meta glasses, waterpick. Im also gluten free and need to bring my own food with me and have a lot of pills that I take. I put everything nicely in my carry on and backpack.
They said everyone in my zone needs to check bags. I went up to the counter before they called my zone to start boarding and explained I have so many lithium batteries and they cant all fit in my backpack that goes under the seat.
They told me to put everything in the paper bag I was holding that had a salad I bought in the terminal which I was going to secure in the seat pocket because it wouldn't fit under the seat with my already packed backpack. I do this ALLLL THE TIME. So where am I going to secure this paper bag with my lithium battery electronics now?
Its just free balling in my seat aisle which can cause injury if theres severe turbulence. Im not sure how this is better? There was PLENTY of overhead space available in the 8 overhead compartments near my seat that i could have put my carry on in. Before someone says to put the paper bag in the overhead: im not putting a paperbag that I can't close with all my expensive lithium battery electronics in it in the space in the overhead when my carry on could have just gone there. And for my backpack, it has my pills, food and a lot of things i will need during my flight, thats why I put those items in there.
I fly about 15 times a year and rarely use delta, but all the other airlines let me store my carry on in the overhead compartment when I explain I have too many batteries. Im not sure what the issue is.