US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead lockers

Re:US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead loc... by cyberpanther on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:36AM (#13122376)

Airlines are so stupid. They are basically going to force all the families to Southwest with free bags. Southwest needs to market the crap out of this so people know.

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Re:US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead loc... by pawadu on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:40AM (#13122405)

Nope,

this will cause people to bring less garbage with them onboard which means much faster boarding times which means more money earned which means Southwest is sure to follow.

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Re:US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead loc... by cyberpanther on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @11:29AM (#13123735)

If you can convince my wife to bring less garbage you should win a nobel prize. I agree with you logically, that is what should happen, but in real life and especially with families it doesn't happen. And when you sell to one person in a family you get 2, 3, 4, 5 more tickets that come along. So that's a big loss if you can't sell to families.

Also think about other groups that need to bring garbage. Musicians, sports teams, high school trips, etc. They are giving away group business to other airlines.

By definition when we travel, we usually want to bring something with us. Very few people fit the use case of being able to exist from just one small bag on a trip.

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