When travelling, you may think selecting a suitcase is a fairly straightforward task, but one baggage handler has suggested that you may want to reconsider. Taking to Reddit, a baggage handler named Adam answered a number of questions about the role.

One internet user asked: "What's the best / worst luggage to buy?" To which Adam was quick to reply: "Some of the worst bags to buy are the ones which have no wheels. In my airline, none of our holds are bin loaded, so we have to manually stack the bags inside each hold, and they can get fairly long."

He went on: "If your bag has at least two high quality wheels, then it allows us to roll them down the hold quickly, making it easier for us. Otherwise, we have to throw the bags in order to keep to the scheduled times.

"My absolute least favourite bags are the ones that have four wheels, but one of them is seized up, so we try to roll it down, but it just falls over after moving six inches."

Following on from this, a former baggage handler replied: "I used to handle bags. The multiple zipper expanding tubes with four tiny wheels on the bottom are garbage.

"Square ones also suck. Both mess up the stack pattern and forced me to adjust. I had always wished on airlines issuing standard bags for use. If all bags were the same, it would be a dream. Don't get slick hard sided. They slide off or these slide off out of place."

Similarly, flight attendant Megan Homme, who works for an American airline and shares videos on TikTok under the handle @meganhomme, previously offered some advice on choosing the right suitcase before heading off on your travels.

Megan pointed out that one of the first things to consider is the material your suitcase is made from. While soft-shell cases may be easier to manoeuvre, they can cause problems should another passenger's luggage leak or burst open in the hold.

She also recommended choosing a darker-coloured case to minimise the appearance of any wear and tear once it reappears from the hold.

"If your bag is going under the plane, it is going to be scuffed up very quickly. I learned that the hard way."