I followed the guidelines and brought only a small backpack that fit under the seat for my flight. The thing that really PISSED ME OFF is that I was travelling home for a wedding and had my wedding gift with me. This was only a small parcel but I had it specially wrapped to make it look nice for my friend, the bride. Even though both the pack pack and gift fit easily under the seat side by side, the flight attendant forced me to put it in my bag bc they were "two seperate items", ruining the gift. I could understand if I had two large items but it doesn't make sense to need to combine the two of they both fit with even room left over. Instead they made me combine and ruin the wrapping and tissue paper.