Comments on: New Luggage Limits: Sky High Fees for Extra Bags http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/ Exposing the strings and catches buried in the fine print. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexa http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-151907 Alexa Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:43:24 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=425#comment-151907 It isn't just that fuel costs are rising, it is that they fuel needed to make the trip has increased. This is because fuel calculations were once made with a much lower assumed average weight per passenger. The average passenger now weighs as much a passenger and their luggage used to. Instead of charging people directly for bringing extra weight on the plane and charging only those people, the airlines decided to punish everyone. The fees the airline charges are highway robbery when I can't even be assured that I will receive my entire seat instead of having some enormous guy take up half of it. Seriously, there is no reason to enjoy flying anymore. There just isn't. You have to show up way too early to go through tons of screening that has a high failure rate and thus doesn't make us any safer; you get to have less luggage; you get to pay for snacks on the plane; and then coach wedges you up against obese customers. I remember when your family could still come up and greet you at the terminal... It isn’t just that fuel costs are rising, it is that they fuel needed to make the trip has increased. This is because fuel calculations were once made with a much lower assumed average weight per passenger. The average passenger now weighs as much a passenger and their luggage used to. Instead of charging people directly for bringing extra weight on the plane and charging only those people, the airlines decided to punish everyone.

The fees the airline charges are highway robbery when I can’t even be assured that I will receive my entire seat instead of having some enormous guy take up half of it.

Seriously, there is no reason to enjoy flying anymore. There just isn’t. You have to show up way too early to go through tons of screening that has a high failure rate and thus doesn’t make us any safer; you get to have less luggage; you get to pay for snacks on the plane; and then coach wedges you up against obese customers.

I remember when your family could still come up and greet you at the terminal…

]]> By: Lisa http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-139790 Lisa Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:33:47 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=425#comment-139790 I don't have a big problem with the charges for extra bags. The baggage information is available online, on your ticket, by phone, etc, so you should know the requirements when you show up at the airport. When it comes to carryons, I am far more annoyed by the people who hog the overhead bin space or hold up the plane while someone gets them a gatecheck ticket because they want to haul a full-size suitcase on - suck it up and check your bag. It really doesn't take that much longer. I think charging more for window or aisle seats is far more egregious and really unfair to passengers. Someone mentioned rail transit earlier and I would love to take the train when I vacation - problem is that I have yet to find an Amtrak train that runs at any sort of convenient time. The station in our city is in a notoriously bad neighborhood and trains always arrive and depart in the wee hours of the morning, and usually the price is nearly that of an airline ticket. What's the point of that? I don’t have a big problem with the charges for extra bags. The baggage information is available online,
on your ticket, by phone, etc, so you should know the requirements when you show up at the airport. When it
comes to carryons, I am far more annoyed by the people who hog the overhead bin space or hold up the plane
while someone gets them a gatecheck ticket because they want to haul a full-size suitcase on – suck it up and
check your bag. It really doesn’t take that much longer. I think charging more for window or aisle seats
is far more egregious and really unfair to passengers.

Someone mentioned rail transit earlier and I would love to take the train when I vacation – problem is that
I have yet to find an Amtrak train that runs at any sort of convenient time. The station in our city is in a
notoriously bad neighborhood and trains always arrive and depart in the wee hours of the morning, and
usually the price is nearly that of an airline ticket. What’s the point of that?

]]> By: cute luggage http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-138333 cute luggage Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:08:29 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=425#comment-138333 British Airways(BA) will add up to £240 to the cost of selected return long-haul flight destinations if passengers want to check in an extra bag from today. Passengers will face a £120 bill per extra bag on longhaul trips for each leg of the journey and a £60 fee per extra bag on European journeys, on domestic flights the charge is £30 . Under the changes the majority of customers will be able to put a bag with a maximum weight of 32kg in the hold - but only in a single item of luggage. This allowance will be reduced to 23kg after September 30 this year. British Airways(BA) will add up to £240 to the cost of selected return long-haul flight destinations if passengers want to check in an extra bag from today. Passengers will face a £120 bill per extra bag on longhaul trips for each leg of the journey and a £60 fee per extra bag on European journeys, on domestic flights the charge is £30 .
Under the changes the majority of customers will be able to put a bag with a maximum weight of 32kg in the hold – but only in a single item of luggage. This allowance will be reduced to 23kg after September 30 this year.

]]> By: RS http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-124362 RS Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:40:09 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=425#comment-124362 This would seem to require a new topic for more discussion. I've heard that some airlines are now charging extra for seats: $5 for middle, and higher for window or aisle. So are we supposed to sit on the floor for the price of our ticket? I must have missed something on that report. This would seem to require a new topic for more discussion.
I’ve heard that some airlines are now charging extra for seats: $5 for middle, and higher for window or aisle. So are we supposed to sit on the floor for the price of our ticket? I must have missed something on that report.

]]> By: Beverly http://www.mouseprint.org/2008/04/28/new-baggage-allowances-sky-high-fees-for-extra-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-119595 Beverly Fri, 30 May 2008 16:47:36 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=425#comment-119595 I am with Drak. No matter where I go or how long I'm staying I have my pocketbook and my one carry-on luggage (that is standard size.) If I have to pack my laptop, it gets nestled between my clothes so I don't have to take my laptop bag also. I just find a way to do laundry. It isn't the most luxurious thing to do, I suppose; but how much time does it really takeout of your 28-day holiday to take a few hours to do laundry? I am with Drak. No matter where I go or how long I’m staying I have my pocketbook and my one carry-on luggage (that is standard size.) If I have to pack my laptop, it gets nestled between my clothes so I don’t have to take my laptop bag also. I just find a way to do laundry. It isn’t the most luxurious thing to do, I suppose; but how much time does it really takeout of your 28-day holiday to take a few hours to do laundry?

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