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American Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag

Travel May. 22, 2008 - 03:27AM JST ( 17 )

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DeepAir65May. 22, 2008 - 09:18AM JST

Why do they hide behind this. Just put the price on the ticket - if there is a demand to fly they can keep increasing the fares to make as much profit as possible. If the demand is not there the cut back on routes, staff etc. It's called a market economy

We all know oil is expensive (but actually the stuff you see quoted on the news is not the stuff used for petrol as it is very high quality), we know it costs more to fuel our cars so why should we not expect it to cost more to fuel the plane - if it gets too high for you stay at home.
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Taka313May. 22, 2008 - 10:50AM JST

I wonder if American Airlines' CEO took a paycut to help the cause.

Taka
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SmytheMay. 22, 2008 - 11:11AM JST

Some Canadain air lines are simply upping the price of the ticket to pay for the extra cost of fuel.
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SargeMay. 22, 2008 - 02:06PM JST

"eliminate possibly thousands of jobs"

Yes, I'm sure it's no problem for the remaining employees to pick up the slack.
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SargeMay. 22, 2008 - 02:07PM JST

Taka313 - Good one.

Sarge
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WeaselMay. 22, 2008 - 03:33PM JST

American Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag

Should change the title to "American Airlines to nickel and dime their customers"

I wonder what's to come next? Pay toilets? Guess I'd better bring extra coins if I fly AA (provided that airport security doesn't take that away too), as I can already expect the flight attendants to NOT have any spare change to provide if all I have is paper currency.
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WeaselMay. 22, 2008 - 03:44PM JST

Also, I guess Mr. Arpey missed this logic lesson in while in college (or life...), if you're going to start to charge people to check in luggage, you better wholly expect everyone on the plane to load up those tiny overhead compartments to avoid paying the $15. Brilliant. Makes me want to know what diploma mill he got his MBA at.

I suppose customers are going to feel really great knowing that they paid $15 for the AA to loose their luggage. What a deal.
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NessieMay. 22, 2008 - 04:22PM JST

Where is the fuel surcharge going to, if not to the extra fuel costs?
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AltriaMay. 22, 2008 - 04:55PM JST

Instead of simply passing on every little cost to customers, I wish they'd look at other ways of reducing weight, like making seats and beverage carts out of polystyrene.
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AltriaMay. 22, 2008 - 04:58PM JST

Sarge - I don't know, but if I was a 40kg Japanese girl, I'd feel pretty hard done by if I was asked to pay an extra $15 for baggage while Mr. 120kg only has hand luggage.
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SargeMay. 22, 2008 - 05:00PM JST

Altria - I guarantee you Mr. 120kg's hand luggage won't fit in the overhead compartment. And don't forget, he may be paying for two seats.
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GrouchyGaijinMay. 22, 2008 - 08:31PM JST

A la many budget airlines worldwide. Remember the old adage: "Pack twice as much money and half as much clothes." Works for me: http://www.onebag.com/
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KyouNoNipponMay. 23, 2008 - 12:37AM JST

Nessie yes.

Nessie + 9
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PuffinMuffinMay. 23, 2008 - 04:50PM JST

after an overhaul of over 700 aircraft landing gears, why am I not surprised to hear this.
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KwaabishMay. 28, 2008 - 02:20PM JST

Replace the older (more expensive) fat flight attendants with younger and more shapely ones and that would reduce the weight of the crew.

Also, start charging airfare like postage and charge by weight. Why should the healthy and fit be punished and pay the same as those who weigh more and take up more space?
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NessieMay. 28, 2008 - 05:34PM JST

It's not my first checked bag, American. I've checked many a bag in my time.
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KwaabishMay. 29, 2008 - 08:56AM JST

Oops... upon further investigation, I guess I won't be charged the extra costs for checking a bag. It seems that AAdvantage Platinum members are exempt from the surcharge.