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So where is the grudge against airlines charging for checked bags?
by geezer 14y ago
So where is the grudge against airlines charging for checked bags?
- eurleif 14y agoProbably lost among the billion other reasons people hate airlines.
- michaelhoffman 14y agoMany frequent travelers don't check bags anyway. The most frequent travelers have elite status on an airline that might allow them to check bags for free.
- joezydeco 14y agoThere's two angles I see: 1) Business travelers can expense the checked bag fee, so they don't care. 2) Other travelers still have a free option: the carry-on bag. I always board my flights last for various reasons, and I've noticed how people are literally hanging over the ropes to get in the boarding line when their section is called. It started making sense when the staff would announce that ALL overheads were now full. People were packing even more into those carryons.
- ams6110 14y agoWhich is why the checked bag fee never made any sense to me. They should be charging a carry-on fee instead. Carry-ons are a PITA for the airlines, with all the time the stowage adds to the boarding process.
- gcb0 14y agobut they are also a PITA for the passenger. It's all a matter of creating problems to sell solutions. and if it wasn't, lobbying sure made thanks to the liquid rule.
- prakashk 14y ago> _They should be charging a carry-on fee instead._ At least one airline, Spirit Air, already does. I am sure more will follow this practice.
- peripetylabs 14y agoThey don't charge the people that count. When I worked for an airline, we were told to just ignore complaints from customers who flew less than several thousand miles per year.
- mikeash 14y agoPeople generally hate most airlines for a variety of reasons. Baggage fees have certainly contributed, but it's hard to pick out any single thing.
- scott_s 14y agoI've heard lots. You haven't?
- neutronicus 14y agoThere's plenty of people bear a grudge for that, believe you me.
- darkarmani 14y agoIt's in choosing JetBlue and one free bag.
- flyinRyan 14y agoFor me it's well behind the grudge about them rubbing my ballsack, but alas I can't swim home to my parents and I don't want to have to sit in "time out" for hours so I just keep my mouth shut in the airport until the awful experience is over.