Originally Posted by
Globaliser
Come on, this is getting ridiculous.
It's perfectly legitimate for you to say that the MSC would have been more beneficial to you. It's perfectly legitimate for you to take the view that on an international journey, the MSC rule makes more sense than the "first airline's allowance" rule - although I expect you would be similarly unhappy if the MSC rule actually disadvantaged you on some future trip.
But to suggest that the MSC rule, which requires many paragraphs - if not pages - to explain is somehow "simpler" than a rule that just applies the baggage allowance of the airline whose desk you are standing in front of when you check in for your first flight? It's surely a gross distortion of reality to suggest that. Everyone can see which is the simpler rule, and which is the more complex.
I never said the DOT rule is ridiculous. I doesnt take a genius to work out MSC, and when you consider the money we pay for travel, which can be a significant amount of someones personal income for a long distance flight, i think its the airlines duty to look after their passengers, especially when a partner airline is involved when booking. I dont expect a truck load of baggage allowance on a domestic flight, it would just be nice of i got what i was told id get at the time of booking.