Originally Posted by
walkerci
The airlines brought this carry on baggage issue upon themselves when they started charging for checked bags.
There is no such rule that a passenger can put only 1 item in the overhead.
Now if someone's bag has to be checked, who should be the victim?
1. A loyal, top tier elite, frequent flyer that controls large annual travel spend and cannot afford to waste upwards of 1 hour a week waiting at the baggage carousel.
2. A non-loyal, non-elite, price sensitive, low margin, infrequent flyer with essentially no opportunity cost for waiting on checked bags.
The answer is obvious.@:-)
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No, it's not. The glue that holds the social compact together is a social perception of fair treatment. Not always equal, but fair. You have no, absolutely no right to assume that being an "elite flyer" makes your time is more valuable than someone else's time. Elite status gets you precisely defined benefits. Take more and you are just a pig.
I once went through TSA security with Senator Sarbanes. I asked him if he got any special treatment. He said "I don't need special treatment, I always wear clean socks"