TAM (red/grey)

No logo, no name. Just trilingual instructions in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

TAM (clearer printing)

The fine mesh of lines that crisscrosses the red and grey is now better printed. The instructions have been retypeset too.

TAM (longer, thinner)

Proporciones diferentes en este nueva bolsa de su aerolinea favorita en Latinoamérica.

TAM (poll)

I wasn't sure this was a new edition until I saw the typo: it wasy "To close, poll strings."

TAM Mercosur (red/grey)

Ever wondered why some Latin American bags look as if they have been rolled up?

Well, it's probably because they have. I found a stash of TAM Mercosur bags in a compartment in a toilet on a plane from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz in Bolivia. All neatly rolled up and ready to stuff under my jacket.

Looks as if the bag manufacturer is skimping on plastic - this bag is about a centimetre shorter than the similar TAM bag.

In fact, is it really a TAM bag? No logo or airline name, but this bag was definitely from a TAM Mercosur plane.

TAM Mercosur

No less than 12 > symbols adorn this bag.

According to baggist Denir Camargo, this Paraguayan carrier is part-owned by TAM Brazil.

TAM Mercosur (shorter)

A shorter bag, but still room for 12 > symbols.