Re:Trump Just Signed a Law That Changes Life Aboard Airlines
by xg15 on Saturday October 13, 2018 @05:06AM
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> I'm glad. I don't like paying baggage fees (in fact, I've started to travel much more with only a carry-on partly to avoid the fees) but this is one of those things that the market should decide.
Yeah, that sounds like a classic case of "not my problem, therefore it shouldn't be regulated".
If some group of passagers have no choice but to fly and also have a hard minimum of baggage they need, there is no market force to keep baggage prices low. So a pure market solution would have them climb ever higher.
> It's an extra revenue stream for airlines
The original rationale for baggage fees is that added baggage makes plane operation more expensive. I guess, treating it as an "extra revenue stream" is at least honest, but is something that can be justified a lot less in regards if usefulness for society.
Yeah, that sounds like a classic case of "not my problem, therefore it shouldn't be regulated".
If some group of passagers have no choice but to fly and also have a hard minimum of baggage they need, there is no market force to keep baggage prices low. So a pure market solution would have them climb ever higher.
> It's an extra revenue stream for airlines
The original rationale for baggage fees is that added baggage makes plane operation more expensive. I guess, treating it as an "extra revenue stream" is at least honest, but is something that can be justified a lot less in regards if usefulness for society.