If you board a flight today, all you see are people lugging 100 lbs behemoth bags on board as carry-ons. The most entertaining thing is to watch them, with the help of the stewardess, punch, smash, and edge that duffel bag into the overhead bins. Its a surprise those bins stay closed during the flight. Its even more surprising that they stay closed during high turbulence or a bad storm.
Baggage fees bulged on the scene a few years back and it is sad how it has become the norm now. People have become accustomed to paying that gaudy fee or tag teaming their luggage into the overhead. At first, I remember the airlines saying that it was to help cover costs. Well, at $3.35 billion, the costs are covered and its time to come back down to earth.
Its not enough that airline food makes people sick, coach seat leg room is so small you have to sit in a yoga position in order not to pull something, and airline tickets cost more than my college tuition, but they keep adding fees to poor travelers in the form of baggage. The least they could do is give you an antacid for the airline hot pocket they just served you.
I just wonder when, or if, enough will be enough and airlines will start catering to their passengers and not to their bank accounts. Until then, I'm sure we will continue to pay the fee and wait to be charged for how many times we use the bathroom during a flight.
Below is a link to the Time Magazine article that explains more about these baggage fees and when enough is enough.
http://time.com/89509/more-travelers-are-fighting-back-to-avoid-airline-baggage-fees/
