Abstract: The invention comprises an elevated passenger seat with an underseat storage region for accessible, reserved, personal, assigned carry-on luggage space. The elevated passenger seats are in a file relationship and a side-to-side relationship. A method of increasing the total carry-on luggage storage volume in an aircraft is disclosed. The method further allows for removal of overhead storage bins and creates a reserved, personal assigned storage region for each individual passenger. The carry-on luggage region can be enclosed on up to three sides to allow access to the carry-on luggage region from only one side or can be open on all four sides to accommodate extra large luggage.