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Old May 22, 2008 | 1:04 pm
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Wally Bird
 
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Originally Posted by alanR
Given that a number of European airlines have had charges for all checked bags for some time now and yet seem to have no problems, you'd have to wonder why Americans are unable to do the same.
Because (correct me if I'm wrong) those are low-cost airlines. Some LCCs in the US also charge for just about everything, but this represents further "dumbing-down" of the once-proud Class 1 carriers (aka "legacy").

As I posted elsewhere, just raise the fares and be done with this nickel-and-diming.
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