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United Airlines raises checked bag fee $5, following American (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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American, JetBlue and Alaska have all raised baggage fees this year.
Carriers have changed the price to check a bag depending on whether travelers pay for it in advance or at the airport.
Airlines and other companies have been grappling with how to grow profits while reining in costs, such as new labor contracts.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ticket prices constantly fluctuating, pricing structures deliberately designed to game customers and milk them for as much money as possible
Random fees for bags, random fees for where you sit, random fees for how you board, random fees for your fees, more fees depending on when you pay your fees, and always rising all the time
A minefield of hidden gotchas and fine print, clauses on top of clauses that declare the airline isn't at fault for anything even when they're totally at fault for all of it
Stand in line to get hassled and have your 'nads fondled by belligerent TSA whackers
Sit around the terminal for hours getting coughed and sneezed on by roughly 45% of the world's population
$8 for a bottle of water past the security checkpoint
Oh, and the door might just fly off of your plane because Boeing

Yeah, and people wonder why if I'm traveling domestically I'll just drive or ride. Fuck all of the above, plus when I get wherever I'm going I'll already have my motorcycle with me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I basically came here to vent similar frustrations. The last few times I have flown it’s been even more hellish than usual. IMO Airlines overbooking flights is out of control and should have never been allowed in the first place.

Last time I flew American Airlines, 5 of my 6 flights were delayed, with one being delayed overnight into the next day and no offer to pay for a hotel room or anything. Another of those delays was because a part fell off the plane. Another was due to the landing gear not retracting properly after we took off, so we had to turn around.

Now they are pushing facial scanning harder and I’m sure before long it won’t be optional. Flying is a violation of my body, my privacy, and my personal space and comfort, and having to pay ever more for the “privilege“ to do so.

I don’t ever want to fly again under this system.