Originally Posted by
Ber2dca
"There is no need for them to charge people for flying other than to make more money."
I think it's funny that in the TV sector many people ask for a-la-carte service and despises the "choose between packages" way of doing things. "Why pay for all those useless channels I don't need?" but when it comes to flights people despise the concept of dividing the packaged flight service into smaller services that people can opt in or out of.
Exactly. One airline cut prices on the ticket itself but made up for the loss by charging for luggage. Everyone flocked to the "cheaper" price. So the other airlines followed suit. Now everyone is complaining because the airlines are doing exactly what we asked them to do.
Originally Posted by
gmark1
My final straw to stop bringing checkin luggage, was on my trip back home, and wife talked me into bringing back my now empty checkin luggage. Flights got messed up, and I ended up sitting in the airport for hours because that checkin luggage was checked all the way to the home airport, so I could not change my final flight home. Sheesh! All because of an empty suitcase. I'm trying to figure out what everyone is putting in their carryon that weighs like 20 or 30 pounds. I just repacked my roller backpack for the upcoming trip, and the whole thing weighs less than 12 pounds. Even with some extra clothes and my medical supplies, it will still be under 15.
Someone gave you false information. You aren't required to fly with your luggage. You cannot "voluntarily" separate yourself from your luggage, but the airline can do it. Happens all the time. You shouldn't have been delayed.
Originally Posted by
ft101
Check a bag when required.
Why carry stuff around an airport if I don't have to? There are regular lengthy distances involved so let someone else take the strain.
If the wait at a baggage carousel is going to affect me I should have got an earlier flight.
I'd rather have something and not use it than regret not having it.
I wouldn't wash clothes in the sink at home so there's no way I'm going to do it while away.
If I lose some clothes I can always replace them, and the airline or insurance will pay. So what if I have to wait a few weeks for the money.
Less stress about overhead bin space.
No valid reason yet on this thread to change my practice.
100% agree with everything you said. Wash clothes in the sink? Not since I was 18.
Originally Posted by
nineworldseries
Never checked a bag in my life. Upthread someone talked about how waiting for luggage is nothing in the grand scheme of things. OK, when we're both on that flight back to CMH that gets in at 12:35 AM, and I'm already warm in bed while you're still waiting at a spinning wheel in dingy CMH basement, it sure is a big deal.
That would have been me. So if you get in at 12:35 and you get in a taxi 15 minutes before I do, unless you are 4 minutes from the airport and dove into bed full speed, you aren't already warm in bed while I'm waiting for a bag. Only a few times in my life (usually SFO) has it taken more than 15-20 minutes to pick up my bags. If there is a line at immigration at SFO or BKK or SIN or PER then quite often I wait less than 5 minutes to pick up my bag.