<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by m.amadeo:
Well AllanJ, I agree people should pay for overhead space, especially when 90% of travellers out there (AND I EXCLUDE MYSELF BECAUSE I NEVER TAKE BUT MY BRIEFCASE) take all their worldly possessions into the overhead bin of a Fokker 100. </font>
The airlines take liability for precious little in checked baggage, other than normal clothes, and getting recompensed for even that is frustrating and time-consuming.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by m.amadeo:
Most out there who take their oversized pull-alongs into the cabins do so because they are too important to wait a little at baggage claim. </font>
Depending on the location, I've had checked luggage take as long as 55 minutes to appear. Even someone on holiday is too important to wait that long.