How do I let him know - baggages stay free.

It's the only reason I'm flying - and it's Southwest we fly in...

to the gills. If there's no more room for carry ons as I'm boarding, the case is put in the baggage hold at the last minute free of charge. Charging for a bag is an unconscionable racket. In the future I fully expect to see credit card swipers affixed to the plane's lavatory doors. Anything for a buck.

some airlines charge for checked bags AND carry on bags. If you choose to carry a bag on that meets the measurement requirements, it's actually more than if you check the bag, at least it is with Spirit Airlines. And don't forget it's both ways that you pay for the bag. If you want a particular seat such as an aisle seat or window seat, you pay for that too.

I'm tired of all their crap. I haven't flown in about 4 years and I decided to go South for a week only to find out all this baloney. Yeah, they advertise a decent rate, but by the time you find out all the add-ons, it's not a decent rate at all. I honestly don't know why we have become so complacent in this country.

cheap beyond belief. I worked as a travel agent back in the 80s when there were none of these ridiculous fees. A while back I called American to see about a seat assignment on a flight and was told by the reservationist that she could reserve a specific seat for me, but that it would cost $25.00. I know for a fact it can be done with a couple of keystrokes and I told her so. Her response :"I'm sorry but that's the policy." Huge rip-off. They get away with this crap because they can.

the only one, at least in the U.S.

It will be sad if all of them will decide to charge for both carryons and checked luggage. I think that charging for checked luggage forces many to get as much as they can on carryon which just delays departing and frays everyone's nerves. It is not as if most overhead compartments can accommodate carryons lengthwise.

have contemplated it, but I think they fear what would happen if people refused to pay. It could get really nasty up there.

it for free at the gate. It wasn't because I stuffed my bags, but rather because they stuffed the planes with too many people and they were worried about loading/unloading times of passengers if everyone had a carry on. I'd say it had to been pretty close to 100% of the time that happened.

*I flew mostly on American and United.

But, in one of his strongest hints to date that the policy could change, Mr. Kelly said that if fliers come to better understand and maybe even prefer "an a la carte approach…we'd be crazy not to provide our customers with what they want."

no reality to what flying has become. After enduring the indignities associated with TSA, the traveller is all too frequently subjected to rude airline personnel who treat him like a nuisance. After a horrific experience on Hawaiian Air this summer - in which everything that could go wrong (short of crashing) did - it will be a long time before I'll be ready to fly again.

Drove every time. I just rent a car and off I go through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and finally California. I drove straight through too, stopping occasionally for naps. Beautiful scenery!

But, I've had it with the airlines.

Now, I know this "solution" won't help you with your trips to Hawaii...

outcry and refusal by the public to be subjected to this greedy charge. So greed stikes again. It's not enough for Southwest Airlines to have a great marketing message to get more people to fly their airline (I know that's the reason I fly Southwest) but now they see the potential to pick our pockets - because all the other airlines are doing it.

There is no stopping this. When every year companies have to do better financially than the year before - that money needs to come from somewhere. Ninety-nine percent of the time it comes in the form of raising prices and adding fees. I live in the Chicago area and don't go into the city anymore. It's too costly. They sold the parking meters to a private firm that is charging outrageous amounts for parking. They are putting up red light and speed cameras all around the city. Just to go into the city to shop it costs an arm and a leg.

If Southwest goes the way of other airlines they are making a bad decision. Unfortunately it is greed that motivates.

which also keeps the base fare price low...

that travel without bags?

of inches of extra room in a "preferred" seat, pretty soon there will be a mandatory surcharge for the onboard air. Passengers could be charged per breath. I wouldn't put anything past these greedy bastards.

and, you know that those armrests between the seats should not be free. Boarding and exiting fees should also apply.

However,being the kind corp manager that I am, I will waive 25 percent if you clean your seat and get it ready for the next customer

is start charging fees to non-customers. Maybe a $25/mo charge to keep luggage in your attic. A $3 charge every time you buy a bad sandwich, because that's kind of their thing.

So they put fees on everything and laugh all the way to the bank.

We have not accepted shit, it has been shoved down our throats. So I can walk into any fucking airline and throw my bags down, and state that I do not wish pay a fee for these? Yeah, and if do not pay, guess what the outcome will be, fucking assholes!

They get rid of those, I will fly other airlines.

FYI.

I prefer to check my bag, especially if I have to change planes. For me too much hassle to drag the bag through the airport. However, I discovered recently that if you want to check your bag, at it is the size of a carry-on, just carry it through TSA, and then before you board, they will ask for volunteers to check your bag once the overhead space starts to get full. At that point, they check it for free.

eventually charge to check it at the gate. One of those things that will be good while it lasts.

Air travel makes your whole day suck. I do it ONLY for work related travel these days, at least domestically.

last summer delayed a 1pm LA to Hawaii flight overnight and refused to provide hotels or book alternate transportation for anyone. They did, however, have the money for extra security for crowd control. It was a nightmare. Never again.

At the beginning of this year I was all excited that I got a job in which I'd be traveling around the country to a different place every week. Oh man, after about three weeks I was done with air travel. I got really good at getting through security efficiently, but it was just horrible spending 20% of my life dealing with air travel. Totally not how I imagined it to be.

this guy is trying to sell the notion that passengers WANT to pay baggage fees? I suppose he sold swampland in Florida in his last job.

I fly Southwest because bags fly free. Without that, it's just another airline. Albeit with a nice color scheme.

For transparency, my bf works for Delta. Regardless of that, I would be terrified about getting humiliated about my size or what I was wearing.