Re:Dear people who work at the airport
by mbreese on Friday August 14, 2026 @10:01AM
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That is the most counter-intuitive thing for me while flying. Why make me pay to check my bag? Make people pay to carry on a bag. Most of the time boarding and leaving a plane is taken up with people dealing with overhead bags. Checking a bag should be the cheapest option to incentivize people to be more efficient.
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My best guess is that at least some airports will charge the airlines per checked in bag. Thus to save money if possible people carrying them inside is most profitable.
If checking the bag is free, everyone would do it, leaving the overhead space empty. That overhead space is flying to the destination anyway, so it’s better to make sure it’s full. The. If there’s free space in the hold underneath, they can transport other things like cargo (which makes them money).
> If checking the bag is free, everyone would do it, leaving the overhead space empty.
Checking the bag used to be free, and this was not the case.