Originally Posted by
af101
Simple solution. Stop charging extra for checked baggage.
Some people HBO for convenience, others for cost. For the latter group, get stuff checked at checkin, breeze into the plane. Everyone's happier.
Or charge for carry on baggage bigger than a small handbag/laptop bag.
It makes more sense to me to charge more for the limited cabin space than for hold space. I would imagine that business travellers used to travelling HBO would be prepared to pay more to take a carry-on into the cabin than tourists would to put a suitcase in the hold.