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I feel all airlines should be required to include one free checked bag up to 50 pounds per person per ticket. Anyone traveling by air is usually going somewhere where they need to bring luggage. Airplanes, in general, are not “commuter” vehicles to go get a coffee or go to work for the day. Most people are going somewhere at least overnight and obviously can not bring their car with them on the plane! Also, I feel the more luggage “carried on” increases the security risk. The fees for checked bags encourage people to carry more on which increases the risk of something “harmful” slipping onto the plane. One free checked bag of 50 pounds or less is not unreasonable.
All the proposed solutions sound great to me. Advertised prices should always include the total price (taxes, etc.) for any seller of a ticket. No one should be allowed to “increase” the price of a ticket once it is purchased. It is up to the “seller” to know what they need to charge for a ticket. If they are too lazy to keep updated, they should eat the cost.
There should be no discrimination in how a passenger is bumped or compensated just because they may have paid less for a ticket or used frequent flyer miles. Airline tickets are not lottery tickets. One does not purchase a ticket hoping to reach a certain destination. Same as if one pays $4 for a cup of coffee or $1, the cup is supposed to have coffee in it. The price does not dictate that “maybe” you will get the product or service. Also, the airline decides what prices or miles are used to purchase a promise to get you from point A to point B. If they can not afford to give a ticket for that price, they should not sell it. When you reserve a ticket, the assumption is that you will be taken from point A to point B by the times given by the airline. A passenger does not purchase a ticket just to see if maybe they can get somewhere because they have nothing better to do. If compensation is not high enough, the airlines will not have an incentive to schedule properly. It is not fair to allow airlines to discriminate against lower fared passengers or “free” passengers since it is the airline, not the passenger or government, who gave that passenger a seat. Otherwise, airlines can advertise low fares or con you into using them to build up your “miles” and then always bump you for someone who paid more. In away,it is the same as being able to increase your ticket price anytime after purchase. When you are bumped, there are a lot of hidden extra costs (unplanned meal purchases at high priced airport restaurants, shuttle or taxi fees because you missed your ride at the other end, increases in parking costs, etc.). It irks me that airlines seem to be treating passengers more and more as if they have nothing better to do but wait around in airports and not get to where the airline promised to bring them. Again, the airline sets the agreed price or miles for a seat, no one else. The incentives to the airline should be to get all confirmed passengers (regardless of price paid) to the destination promised.
I feel all airlines should be required to include one free checked bag up to 50 pounds per person per ticket. Anyone traveling by air is usually going somewhere where they need to bring luggage. Airplanes, in general, are not “commuter” vehicles to go get a coffee or go to work for the day. Most people are going somewhere at least overnight and obviously can not bring their car with them on the plane! Also, I feel the more luggage “carried on” increases the security risk. The fees for checked bags encourage people to carry more on which increases the risk of something “harmful” slipping onto the plane. One free checked bag of 50 pounds or less is not unreasonable.
All the proposed solutions sound great to me. Advertised prices should always include the total price (taxes, etc.) for any seller of a ticket. No one should be allowed to “increase” the price of a ticket once it is purchased. It is up to the “seller” to know what they need to charge for a ticket. If they are too lazy to keep updated, they should eat the cost.
There should be no discrimination in how a passenger is bumped or compensated just because they may have paid less for a ticket or used frequent flyer miles. Airline tickets are not lottery tickets. One does not purchase a ticket hoping to reach a certain destination. Same as if one pays $4 for a cup of coffee or $1, the cup is supposed to have coffee in it. The price does not dictate that “maybe” you will get the product or service. Also, the airline decides what prices or miles are used to purchase a promise to get you from point A to point B. If they can not afford to give a ticket for that price, they should not sell it. When you reserve a ticket, the assumption is that you will be taken from point A to point B by the times given by the airline. A passenger does not purchase a ticket just to see if maybe they can get somewhere because they have nothing better to do. If compensation is not high enough, the airlines will not have an incentive to schedule properly. It is not fair to allow airlines to discriminate against lower fared passengers or “free” passengers since it is the airline, not the passenger or government, who gave that passenger a seat. Otherwise, airlines can advertise low fares or con you into using them to build up your “miles” and then always bump you for someone who paid more. In away,it is the same as being able to increase your ticket price anytime after purchase. When you are bumped, there are a lot of hidden extra costs (unplanned meal purchases at high priced airport restaurants, shuttle or taxi fees because you missed your ride at the other end, increases in parking costs, etc.). It irks me that airlines seem to be treating passengers more and more as if they have nothing better to do but wait around in airports and not get to where the airline promised to bring them. Again, the airline sets the agreed price or miles for a seat, no one else. The incentives to the airline should be to get all confirmed passengers (regardless of price paid) to the destination promised.