Originally Posted by
Often1
Well-deserved but impractical.
Best workaround would be not to impose the charge at the gate, but to add a special tag which sends the bag to the baggage office on arrival. One then goes and stands in line to retrieve the bag, pays the bag fee, a penalty fee, and no waivers for "elites".
The bottom line here is that a cheap cloth measuring tape costs less than $1. The crowd lugging steamer trunks on know full well what they are doing.
Brilliant strategy that wont work. Youd fit right in with Doug Parker and Smisek cluelessly wondering why your metrics arent working and profits and tanking.