Edit Article  There is another use for your luggage strap. Use
them the long way, on your tube bag, so you can hold your bag
vertically. This can be very useful in some situations.      1.
1     When checking in your luggage, use a luggage strap even if
you have soft luggage. Cinch it on tight. Soft luggage is by
design very hardy but if this luggage is checked in and packed
full, the zipper can burst at the seams. Use a luggage strap for
checked in soft luggage as a precaution.   2. 2     Use a
luggage strap on your hard-shelled suitcase to keep the suitcase
together in the event that the lock fails or is damaged. The
hard-shelled suit is very vulnerable to lock breakage by design
regardless of the price you paid for it. It will be embarrassing
to see your luggage, if you did not use a strap, coming into to
baggage claim with its contents visible or worse yet missing. An
airport can be big and your missing items might be lost forever
or damaged. A luggage strap is an absolute necessity with hard-
shelled lugg