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Dynamic · 11-17-2016, 02:24 PM

I'm going to chime in on this. First of all I don't fly often, a once or twice a year type person. This last October I went on a quick 3 week backpacking trip that included lots of flying on several different airlines. I had only one bag, my 40l osprey bag that is carry on compliant. It fits in all the preflight check bins but it does seem rather big.

The only reason I took it into the cabin is because the cost to check luggage now would of cost me hundreds of dollars over my trip. A couple times I had to put my bag under the seat because the overhead bins were full.

To me if the airlines just introduced the checked luggage fee to raise revenue, they basically made the whole flying experience a gong show. We all have luggage and I assume lots of people like me try carry on if we can. Why not just charge everybody by the weight of their luggage. Once you pay for your weight you decide where to put it. I would of just checked my backpack and overhead bin problem would be solved. To me it just seems like a horrible use of space on a space to have the cabin packed with luggage while the baggage compartment must have an excess of space. Just thinking out loud here.

11-17-2016, 02:24 PM	#32
Dynamic Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2004 Exp:	I'm going to chime in on this. First of all I don't fly often, a once or twice a year type person. This last October I went on a quick 3 week backpacking trip that included lots of flying on several different airlines. I had only one bag, my 40l osprey bag that is carry on compliant. It fits in all the preflight check bins but it does seem rather big. The only reason I took it into the cabin is because the cost to check luggage now would of cost me hundreds of dollars over my trip. A couple times I had to put my bag under the seat because the overhead bins were full. To me if the airlines just introduced the checked luggage fee to raise revenue, they basically made the whole flying experience a gong show. We all have luggage and I assume lots of people like me try carry on if we can. Why not just charge everybody by the weight of their luggage. Once you pay for your weight you decide where to put it. I would of just checked my backpack and overhead bin problem would be solved. To me it just seems like a horrible use of space on a space to have the cabin packed with luggage while the baggage compartment must have an excess of space. Just thinking out loud here.