Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: PHX
Programs: Flying Blue, bmi, LH, UA, DL, AS, WN, AA, VX
Posts: 103
My $0.02:
- The legacies will try to follow suit if Spirit can get this off the ground
- Doubt the legacies will charge for 1st, elite, et. al.
- This is a disgusting idea, and any hope Spirit had of getting my $ is gone
- This is not a legitimate way to get people from overloading the bins. There is no proof it will solve that problem (although the airlines have shown no interest in the issue). It may backfire in a sense, unless the items are weighed - if people know they will get charged, there is no real reason to put 15lbs. in a bag when you can put 40lbs.
- Boarding will become more stressful and contentious
- Southwest will likely benefit from others' fee shenanigans
- The people MOST hurt by this will be families with children
- I am sure there are taxation issues as well, but I care so little about the innards of the subject that I will let others detail.