Bypassing the stupid checked baggage fee
Ok, I may just be slow, but I figured out how to get around the checked baggage fee everyone but premium members of mainline airlines have to pay these days. Bring too many carry on bags, or bags that are too big to fit in the overhead bins, and gate check the bag. (If you can get them past security, that is.)
The mainline airlines don’t have any process in place to charge you–that I’m aware of… Though I suppose it’s right around the corner that they’ll charge to bring anything onboard.
One of the flight attendants on one of my flights over Memorial Day pointed out United’s 757 only has space for about 80 roll aboard suitcases even though there are 160 passengers in economy. So of course it’s not unreasonable to assume there are going to be bags that won’t fit. Especially as people try to avoid the ludicrous checked baggage fees.
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Things are out of hand, even the stuffed animals are getting caught by the bin police
(I’m lucky, I’m a premium member of United’s Mileage Plus frequent flier program. And they figured out that they’d have a revolt, and lose lots of money, if they pissed off their Premier passengers.)
As an aside, I’ve read that one reason these extra fees are being charged is that the U.S. Federal government doesn’t regulate nor tax these fees. [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]