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I also expect them too. As a person who travels a week at a time for business, it is impossible for me to travel with less than fifty pounds. I hope when they make this change that they raise the weight limit for the first bag to 70 pounds. It really is only fair. They let me take 100 pounds now at no charge.
I can travel for weeks with only a carry-on. Unless you're including equipment or something in the 50 pound minimum for a week there are many others who manage to do similar trips with much less weight.
As for upping the single bag allowance, there's no way I see that happening. The point of the airlines charging the fee is to cover the fact that they are spending more money to carry the weight (ie fuel). So they aren't likely to increase the allowance while also increasing the cost. That would be counter-productive.