The good ole days of high quality American Tourister luggage are long gone. We used this piece twice and the telescopic handle is now jammed and unable to fully close into the piece. We bought this brand based on previous good experience we had with American Tourister pieces we had previously for many years of trouble free service but those day are apparently gone now. They are just made in China junk like everything we are forced to buy nowadays to use a few times and then throw it to the curb with the rest of our inferior made in China junk we Americans so willing plunk our hard earned money down for.