Hand luggage is the bag you carry onto the plane with you. Pack it in hand luggage.
Anything you cannot do without for two days belongs in it rather than in the hold. Hand luggage limits are enforced unevenly, which is why everybody tries their luck.
1nounhand luggageThe bag you carry onto the plane with you.
“The hand luggage held medicine, chargers and one clean shirt.”
hand luggage is luggage.
Also accepted in games: carry-on
Practised in Airport & Flying