Delta raises checked bag fee by $5
Mar 5, 2024, 9:36 am
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Delta raises checked bag fee by $5
Matching the others:
Delta is the latest airline to raise its checked bag fee (cnbc.com)
What I am waiting for is a crackdown on carry-on luggage. Will we get a bag sizer at the gate?
Delta is the latest airline to raise its checked bag fee (cnbc.com)
What I am waiting for is a crackdown on carry-on luggage. Will we get a bag sizer at the gate?
Mar 5, 2024, 10:25 am
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I wish DL actually would be more strict about carry-on luggage - especially so for so-called "personal items" that often include backpacks that are bigger than 21" carry-on luggage.
I also have to think that even DL is smart enough not to one-two punch themselves by combining an increase in checked luggage fee with an announcement of an end to the 20-minute baggage claim guarantee. But, who knows?
I also have to think that even DL is smart enough not to one-two punch themselves by combining an increase in checked luggage fee with an announcement of an end to the 20-minute baggage claim guarantee. But, who knows?
Mar 5, 2024, 3:36 pm
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I wish DL actually would be more strict about carry-on luggage - especially so for so-called "personal items" that often include backpacks that are bigger than 21" carry-on luggage.
I also have to think that even DL is smart enough not to one-two punch themselves by combining an increase in checked luggage fee with an announcement of an end to the 20-minute baggage claim guarantee. But, who knows?
I also have to think that even DL is smart enough not to one-two punch themselves by combining an increase in checked luggage fee with an announcement of an end to the 20-minute baggage claim guarantee. But, who knows?
Mar 5, 2024, 6:17 pm
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Sigh. I might be showing my age here, but whatever happened to competition and being that unique carrier not to institute fees that others did?
Remember that time when pmUS charged for water/coffee, and how nobody else followed? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Remember that time when pmUS charged for water/coffee, and how nobody else followed? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Mar 5, 2024, 11:33 pm
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I suspect most posters in FT Forum have status and/or airline credit cards so will generally be unaffected by this increase in the fee for a checked bag . . .other than the effect it might have on overhead bin space as the disincentive to check a bag becomes even greater.
It's getting to the point that the incremental price of a first class ticket may be worth it just to get the free checked baggage allowance (typically 2 free bags for a domestic first class trip). $35 for first bag, $45 for second bag = $160 to check two bags each direction of a round trip.
On some short-distance flights, and even on occasion a medium-distance flight (e.g., SEA-SAN) I've seen "buy ups" to first class for less than $100 each way. So if you can pay an extra $100 each way ($200 round trip) for first class the entire round trip, but save $160 in baggage fees, you'll effectively get a first class experience for only $20 each way.
It's getting to the point that the incremental price of a first class ticket may be worth it just to get the free checked baggage allowance (typically 2 free bags for a domestic first class trip). $35 for first bag, $45 for second bag = $160 to check two bags each direction of a round trip.
On some short-distance flights, and even on occasion a medium-distance flight (e.g., SEA-SAN) I've seen "buy ups" to first class for less than $100 each way. So if you can pay an extra $100 each way ($200 round trip) for first class the entire round trip, but save $160 in baggage fees, you'll effectively get a first class experience for only $20 each way.
Mar 6, 2024, 2:18 am
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Here is an idea like happens everywhere on land in Europe: they can charge a fee to use the toilet 🚽🧻.
Or provide more inches of toilet paper for paid C+ fares 💡
Or provide more inches of toilet paper for paid C+ fares 💡
Mar 6, 2024, 7:44 am
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That was my view from the initial posting of the rumor (consider the source). I think this change further erodes credibility in that rumor.
Mar 6, 2024, 9:47 am
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I suspect most posters in FT Forum have status and/or airline credit cards so will generally be unaffected by this increase in the fee for a checked bag . . .other than the effect it might have on overhead bin space as the disincentive to check a bag becomes even greater.
It's getting to the point that the incremental price of a first class ticket may be worth it just to get the free checked baggage allowance (typically 2 free bags for a domestic first class trip). $35 for first bag, $45 for second bag = $160 to check two bags each direction of a round trip.
On some short-distance flights, and even on occasion a medium-distance flight (e.g., SEA-SAN) I've seen "buy ups" to first class for less than $100 each way. So if you can pay an extra $100 each way ($200 round trip) for first class the entire round trip, but save $160 in baggage fees, you'll effectively get a first class experience for only $20 each way.
It's getting to the point that the incremental price of a first class ticket may be worth it just to get the free checked baggage allowance (typically 2 free bags for a domestic first class trip). $35 for first bag, $45 for second bag = $160 to check two bags each direction of a round trip.
On some short-distance flights, and even on occasion a medium-distance flight (e.g., SEA-SAN) I've seen "buy ups" to first class for less than $100 each way. So if you can pay an extra $100 each way ($200 round trip) for first class the entire round trip, but save $160 in baggage fees, you'll effectively get a first class experience for only $20 each way.
Mar 6, 2024, 11:32 am
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FWIW, my domestic itinerary is offering a F upgrade "buy-up", and it explicitly says I'd get 2 checked bags if I did the buy-up to F. Non-elite here.
Mar 6, 2024, 5:38 pm
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Or start enforcing the "second item must go under the seat" rule. That would save a lot of bin space.
Apr 10, 2024, 8:08 pm
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I'm surprised there isn't more conversation (outrage) about the baggage allowance changes- eg 2nd bag fees for Medallions, reduction of 70lbs to 50lbs if not in a premium cabin, etc..
Apr 10, 2024, 8:37 pm
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https://web.archive.org/web/20220129...gage-allowance
https://www.delta.com/us/en/baggage/...gage-allowance
