The Washington Post just pulled together a nice chart of the Checked Baggage Rules of the major airlines. No more having to guess as to whether that second checked bag will fly for free or whether it will cost you.
While I understand that airlines are hemorrhaging money, charging for the second bag seems counterproductive. To me, this just ensures that people will bring on more - and more bulky - carry-ons, meaning that flights will take that much longer to load and unload. Smart move.....
I wish the airlines would catch a clue and start pricing like the Virgin airlines do, instead of having to recoup their lost revenue by nickel and diming us. Virgin has (brace yourself, airline executives) fixed prices for their flights - none of this shell game of guessing which day air fares will spike or plummet. (Relative) transparency in pricing - now that's a concept!
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