Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
According to several people in this thread, it certainly does not always get applied. Perhaps it should be, but it clearly is a grey area, at least in practice. My point was about why this is the case. I suggested that the written policy is confusing, especially when the first rule listed is that no overweight/oversize fees are charged if the item is not over standard limits. I could easily imagine a check-in agent getting to that and, being busy, not reading any further and just not charging anything.
I never said agents don't waive the fees. In fact in a reply I even state that they do. However doesn't change the fact the fee applies. Even Widgets has said this. The fact an agent waives a bag fee for a passenger doesn't change the fact the fee applied. If it didn't apply, there'd be no need to waive it
Regarding bike oversize/weight it says those fees don't apply if when folded they don't exceed. The policy section isn't confusing if you read It as a whole. It says nothing about the special item fee not applying. If it wasn't there, agents would be charging oversize fees if the bicycle exceeded size limits based on size when unfolded.
Let's try this once more. If an item has a special item fee it always applies. (Agents can of course waive it like any fee, but doesn't change the fact the fee applies) Overweight/size fees are separate fees. For bicycles, if it exceeds size/weight limits when unfolded, but not when folded, no overweight/ size fee applies. The special item fee always applies, but may be waived.