Aviation-related ping.
Why can’t these idiots realize that there would be far less customer disgust & resistance if they just raised ticket prices, rather than this nickel & dime junk.
So they want us to pay $2 for half a 50 cent soda, what $5 for 10 tiny pretzels?
“Here’s $21.00. Let’s have a nice flight.”
They can market and sell their services any way they want. It’s called free enterprise; sort of. I don’t have a problem with it as long as they do it openly.
The unintended consequence of this $$ for first bag policy (United appears to be adopting as well) is that it will cost the airlines more time.
To wit,
Fewer people will want to check their bags because of the cost
More people will try to cram their bags into the already over committed overhead space.
Flight crews will have to check more bags at the tarmac
Such checked bags will now delay the departure of the plane
Plane will now spend more time at the gate idling their engines
.... burning more fuel
I think people would object a whole lot less if they put vending machines at the boarding gates so folks could select their preference of snacks before boarding.
And, too, there’s ALWAYS the train.
Yet another stupid decision by a poorly run airline. They deserve to fail.
How much to find your lost bag?
They should just put on the required number of flight attendents and make them wear helmets and bright orange vests that say SAFETY CREW
That’s why SWA is the best Airline to fly. This will put SWA in the consumer friendly
Will they charge for bathroom use too?
As William Blake put it:
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
I guess there’s really no pressing need to travel. Just get me a grain of sand and a wild flower.
Is it the same water confiscated from passengers at the security screening? What else will they offer for sale - nail files, scissors... knitting needles?
Don't know, we'll have to wait for Congress to stick their noses into this fiasco again.
The Airline industry is the most heavily regulated industry on this planet thanks to congress...........
You'd think people ought to be able to sue over this, it's in essence a change of the contract terms on the mileage program.
Wonder if a person has to take their pills to stop a heart attack or something crucial. That will be $2 to take your your pills with water.
It still cheaper than Disneyland and the like.
$15 for the first barf bag?
My god, how much do they charge for the second one?
“In the unlikely event that the cabin should lose air pressure, an oxygen mask will deploy from the panel above your head. If you’d like to purchase oxygen, you may do so for $20 suing any major bank credit or debit card.”