Comments on: Battle of the bins: Have new baggage fees led to slower boarding? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:02 -0700 hourly 1 By: Christina http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-26494 Christina Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:48:56 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-26494 Well, I guess all of us who were happy that Delta didn't charge for the first bag are eating our words now that Delta is charging $15 for the first bag. This is outrageous! How can this be cost effective, when they will lost customers and have more problems with overloaded carry-on bins? Well, I guess all of us who were happy that Delta didn’t charge for the first bag are eating our words now that Delta is charging $15 for the first bag. This is outrageous! How can this be cost effective, when they will lost customers and have more problems with overloaded carry-on bins?

]]> By: melissa http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22970 melissa Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:31:09 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22970 I usually fly jetblue and have not noticed the delay too much. I typically check in online and do not check any bags. I just joined a travel site that is in private beta but anyone can join. it is called www.BARAAZA.com Check it out if you really like to travel. Melissa I usually fly jetblue and have not noticed the delay too much. I typically check in online and do not check any bags.

I just joined a travel site that is in private beta but anyone can join. it is called http://www.BARAAZA.com Check it out if you really like to travel.

Melissa

]]> By: oliviadog http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22921 oliviadog Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:26:32 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22921 Thanks Skippygrrl - that was an incredible breath of fresh air to read. I am going to print that out, make copies and litter US airports with it. I will go from seat to seat and put a copy in each Inflight magazine. I will stand on the airplane itself and yell with glee - European flyers have rights!!! ps- I lost a little part of my soul when airlines started went from calling us travelers to customers. Thanks Skippygrrl – that was an incredible breath of fresh air to read. I am going to print that out, make copies and litter US airports with it. I will go from seat to seat and put a copy in each Inflight magazine. I will stand on the airplane itself and yell with glee – European flyers have rights!!!

ps- I lost a little part of my soul when airlines started went from calling us travelers to customers.

]]> By: Skippygrrl http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22907 Skippygrrl Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:28:11 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22907 Here's the European Union's answer to airline shenanigens: The Air Passenger Rights policies. Read it. 'Tis a thing o' beauty: http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/102547/254584/pax_rights_en And where is oversight of US airlines? Who's looking out for us, the consumers? Yawn, oh, yeah, Congress. Right. I'm voting for Nader. Here’s the European Union’s answer to airline shenanigens: The Air Passenger Rights policies. Read it. ‘Tis a thing o’ beauty:

http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/102547/254584/pax_rights_en

And where is oversight of US airlines? Who’s looking out for us, the consumers? Yawn, oh, yeah, Congress. Right. I’m voting for Nader.

]]> By: Al B. http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22905 Al B. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:41 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22905 I have yet to fly under the new system, but I have a Delta flight to Maui coming up in a few weeks. I anticipate no problems as Delta offers the first bag free. I have already scheduled my Thanksgiving flights (LAX-CMH one-stops, $200, cheap!) on United. If those flights actually go off as scheduled, I expect them to be a madhouse. With fewer flights, turn-around times may not be as important. I have yet to fly under the new system, but I have a Delta flight to Maui coming up in a few weeks. I anticipate no problems as Delta offers the first bag free.

I have already scheduled my Thanksgiving flights (LAX-CMH one-stops, $200, cheap!) on United. If those flights actually go off as scheduled, I expect them to be a madhouse.

With fewer flights, turn-around times may not be as important.

]]> By: Evil Mitch http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22901 Evil Mitch Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:47:27 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22901 I think the extra bag fees will help reduce the amount of travelling that the leisure traveller does. I think the extra bag fees will help reduce the amount of travelling that the leisure traveller does.

]]> By: Jason H http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22900 Jason H Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:35:45 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22900 Being an exclusive Delta or Alaska Air flyer I can't really vote, since things seem just like normal on my flights, but if this truly works out to be the case then it would seem to be another marketing point for those airlines that don't charge for the first bag. As an aside, I don't think the $50 second bag fee at Delta is all that bad. Even when my wife and I went to Hawai'i for a week during the blizzard season in Denver we still managed quite nicely with one checked bag each. I think this extra charge will help reduce the amount of extra packing the leisure traveler does. Being an exclusive Delta or Alaska Air flyer I can’t really vote, since things seem just like normal on my flights, but if this truly works out to be the case then it would seem to be another marketing point for those airlines that don’t charge for the first bag.

As an aside, I don’t think the $50 second bag fee at Delta is all that bad. Even when my wife and I went to Hawai’i for a week during the blizzard season in Denver we still managed quite nicely with one checked bag each. I think this extra charge will help reduce the amount of extra packing the leisure traveler does.

]]> By: Aly http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22896 Aly Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:04:39 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2008/08/08/battle-of-the-bins-have-new-baggage-fees-led-to-slower-boarding/#comment-22896 I flew American in June and noticed this very thing. My flight to Denver occurred just before the luggage fee and seemed to go normally. But the flight home took place just after the luggage fee took effect, and it was madness. Boarding took forever because folks couldn't find space for their bags in the overheads. (And, similarly, deplaning seemed to take longer as well.) With American, the order in which you board the plane is determined by where you sit. So I'd imagine that the new baggage fee in turn means that seats near the front of the plane, in that first or second boarding group, become even more prized. Something *else* the airlines can charge for, like aisle or window seats. :p I flew American in June and noticed this very thing. My flight to Denver occurred just before the luggage fee and seemed to go normally. But the flight home took place just after the luggage fee took effect, and it was madness. Boarding took forever because folks couldn’t find space for their bags in the overheads. (And, similarly, deplaning seemed to take longer as well.)

With American, the order in which you board the plane is determined by where you sit. So I’d imagine that the new baggage fee in turn means that seats near the front of the plane, in that first or second boarding group, become even more prized. Something *else* the airlines can charge for, like aisle or window seats. :p

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