Originally Posted by
HappyCoachFlyer
I don't think that is it.
Most airlines (ie: not Southwest) charge to check bags. This causes people like me to carry on bags that are carry-on legal and which get checked on airlines that allow free checked bags.
But we're talking specifically about the case where early boarding is used as the incentive.
The only reason to offer early boarding is because you think it will entice pax to check their bags -- pax who wouldn't have checked their bags anyway for other reasons (such as the reason you gave). These pax are checking their bags to get early boarding. And as far as I can tell, early boarding is pointless once you've checked your bags.
Hence my comment about the pax essentially being bamboozled.
I don't have a problem with it. I'm just saying. :-)