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Since they started charging for checked bags, now everyone tries to carry on as much as they can which results in slow boarding and getting off. They should be
by lsllc 7y ago
Since they started charging for checked bags, now everyone tries to carry on as much as they can which results in slow boarding and getting off.
They should be charging for overhead bin use and make checked bags be free (along with small bags under the seat in front of you). This way most people would go back to checking bags and only the business people or people willing to pay would carry-on.
With planes being so overbooked these days I often carry my bag through security (which slows that down!) but then gate check it for free (so the airline is now losing the revenue).
- dpark 7y ago> They should be charging for overhead bin use Several airlines (and some of the lowest cost tickets for bigger airlines) do charge for this. But of course they don't make checked bags free.
- solatic 7y agoThe compromise position is probably to only have overhead bin space in premium cabins, then the price of overhead bin space is folded into the premium ticket. Good point that carry-on bags probably also slows down security, and the amount that it slows security down is probably not negligible. Without carry-on suitcases, you could probably completely do away with the X-ray machines (hand-check people's purses and backpacks), which are (anecdotally) probably the biggest bottleneck at airport security.