Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
I've never seen that at ORD. At LHR these days its a common story, the flights always seem really full as well so its a natural development as long as airlines do not motivate people to check in luggage. Its interesting how quickly this problem got out of hand in Europe.
Unbundled fares, people like to avoid paying for bringing a bag, but as they still need the content of the bag so they bring it to the cabin. That plus densification of the cabins