http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/#comment-26597 Canada prohibits airlines from charging overweight passengers for an extra seat | Upgrade: Travel Better Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:20:24 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=44#comment-26597 [...] - Travel by the pound - Southwest’s “customer of size” Q&A (Thanks again to reader J!) Categorized [...] [...] – Travel by the pound – Southwest’s “customer of size” Q&A (Thanks again to reader J!) Categorized [...]

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/#comment-25032 lmelsher Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:23:25 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=44#comment-25032 When shipping livestock, weight/size is an issue. Except for usually third-party-payment first & business classes, the airlines have been shipping "cattle" for years. The next step is obvious: You and your luggage step on a scale, they attach a "bracelet" that encodes weight information and can only be cut off like the ones a hospital uses. First/business classes are exempt and don't have to spend the extra hour in line at their destinations. Each payment class of coach allows a certain base weight. Over that, they charge by the pound/kilo/ounce. You do not get a larger seat. At your destination you are weighed again and if the weights don't match w/i limits, you are charged to be allowed out, plus, if they can enact it, a good penalty. Also, toilets will require tokens which are more expensive in flight than if you purchase them in sets 2 weeks in advance--at the airport. When shipping livestock, weight/size is an issue. Except for usually third-party-payment first & business classes, the airlines have been shipping “cattle” for years. The next step is obvious: You and your luggage step on a scale, they attach a “bracelet” that encodes weight information and can only be cut off like the ones a hospital uses. First/business classes are exempt and don’t have to spend the extra hour in line at their destinations. Each payment class of coach allows a certain base weight. Over that, they charge by the pound/kilo/ounce. You do not get a larger seat. At your destination you are weighed again and if the weights don’t match w/i limits, you are charged to be allowed out, plus, if they can enact it, a good penalty. Also, toilets will require tokens which are more expensive in flight than if you purchase them in sets 2 weeks in advance–at the airport.

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/#comment-22173 When will passengers get on the scale with their luggage? » Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:18:38 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=44#comment-22173 [...] Southwest already charges an extra seat for “passengers of size.” (Notably, Canada has banned this practice.) And even hotels have offered weight-based rates. [...] [...] Southwest already charges an extra seat for “passengers of size.” (Notably, Canada has banned this practice.) And even hotels have offered weight-based rates. [...]

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/#comment-17955 Upgrades and Downgrades — November 19, 2007 — Cornucopia edition » Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:23:34 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=44#comment-17955 [...] on your weight. Not a particularly practical policy for advance purchases, but heck, hotels have tried it, so why [...] [...] on your weight. Not a particularly practical policy for advance purchases, but heck, hotels have tried it, so why [...]

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/03/18/travel-by-the-pound/#comment-8404 Special seats for oversized passengers? » Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:01:20 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=44#comment-8404 [...] raises the issue of “passengers of size” again. Charging larger customers more money is all the rage, after [...] [...] raises the issue of “passengers of size” again. Charging larger customers more money is all the rage, after [...]

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