Originally Posted by
JALPak
As I said, it's nice to have such benefits but OW has bigger problems to deal with right now. Priority bags could be easily done as it almost costs the carriers nothing but extra allowance does.
JALPak, I think if there ever was a poll amongst elite level OW flyers, this baggage issue would be somewhere in the top. Allowing extra baggage should not cost the airlines very much, especially if, as you say, there are few passengers likely to avail of the extra baggage allowance. The resulting gain in goodwill might well help OW gain / retain more customers.
Your moniker suggests some kind of affinity to JL - imagine a customer faced with a choice of JL & NH on a specific route. Having a higher baggage allowance, whether one needs it or not, would surely encourage one to book NH in this scenario (considering both carriers have very similar timetables)?