My partner carries our passports and boarding cards in a small neck wallet. Very early in the boarding process for a flight from DFW to Tokyo, the gate agent required her to put it in her purse, but didn’t say a word about her largish Think Tank roller. This was yesterday.Alaska has become a bit dickish. They count anything attached to your body as a personal item or carryon, such as fanny pack or a neck wallet. They even glanced in my brown bag with food to verify it was food. A food bag doesn't count.