Originally Posted by
agarc
I think the real problem to be solved here is excess carry-on baggage.
Well, elite pax can already check everything for free so they have no real need to board first and stash anything big in the overhead bins.
...if it wasn't for the fact that bags sometimes disappear and/or get damaged when checked. If they could fix that then I would put mine in the hold more often.
Eliminating bag fees for general pax (replacing them with carry on fees for rollerboards) would also work. Right now the economic incentive is backwards
