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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by XCstud
Here are a few things I can think of that may or may not impact it-

% of domestic vs intl - does UA have a much larger intl presence? Everybody gets a free bag on most intl routes.

Credit card bag waiver - is DL as aggressive with the CC as UA?

# or % of elites - all elites get at least 1 free bag


It would be more interesting to see the fees compared to the number of passengers carried to see which one is really more efficient in extracting bag fees.
I'd say Delta is pretty aggressive with the CC too:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ising-sea.html
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