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If you have an example of an airline that charges a fee when they gate check your bag, I'd be interested in hearing about it. That specifically is what I haven'

If you have an example of an airline that charges a fee when they gate check your bag, I'd be interested in hearing about it. That specifically is what I haven't heard of.

deepspace 1y ago
I flew on a Westjet flight a few days ago, where they charged a fee for gate checking.
- adastra22 1y ago
  Did they force you to gate check your bag, and then charged you a fee for it? That's what seems to be claimed here. I'm also pretty sure it'd be a violation of the carrier contract.
  - blitzar 1y ago
    If it is within your allowence, but there "isnt enough space in the cabin" there will be no fee. If you turn up with 3 bags, bags that dont fit, or overweight bags they can and will charge you as a checked bag + a handling fee for the inconvenience. You fly jets long enough, something like this happens.
blitzar 1y ago
Easyjet [0] - £48 Fee for any non-purchased bag (per item) brought to the departure gate that is over a customer’s small cabin bag allowance which is a maximum size of 45 x 36 x 20 cm or any bags outside of standard entitlements. The bag will be placed in the hold. United Airlines [1]: Basic Economy tickets only include one personal item. They do not include carry-on bags. If you decide to travel with a carry-on bag, you must check it in the airport lobby for a fee starting at $35. If you bring a carry-on bag to the gate that won’t fit under the seat, you need to pay a $65 fee to check it. As for others ... the gate check fee for Spirit Airlines' carry-on bags is typically around $99 when charged at the gate, Ryanair charges typically around €55-€60 for items deemed too large for carry-on at the gate etc. [0] https://www.easyjet.com/en/help-centre/policy-terms-and-conditions/fees-charges https://www.easyjet.com/en/help-centre/policy-terms-and-cond... [1] https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/basic-economy.html#:~:text=You%27re%20not%20allowed%20a%20carry%2Don%20bag%20unless,pay%20a%20$65%20fee%20to%20check%20it. https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/basic-econo...
- Macha 1y ago
  It's one thing to charge for bags that are gate checked because you knew in advance you couldn't bring the bag. However, another thing that happens is you pay for (or the ticket includes) a carry on bag but because the airline has insufficient carry on space to allow all passengers to bring a carry on, they collect bags at the gate to be checked as cabin bags instead (even if you hadn't paid for a cabin bag). It's the latter that would be surprising to see airlines charge for, as it's a solution to a problem for the airline that the airline created itself by overselling the carry on space.

If you have an example of an airline that charges a fee when they gate check your bag, I'd be interested in hearing about it. That specifically is what I haven't heard of.

deepspace 1y ago

I flew on a Westjet flight a few days ago, where they charged a fee for gate checking.

adastra22 1y ago
Did they force you to gate check your bag, and then charged you a fee for it? That's what seems to be claimed here. I'm also pretty sure it'd be a violation of the carrier contract.
- blitzar 1y ago
  If it is within your allowence, but there "isnt enough space in the cabin" there will be no fee. If you turn up with 3 bags, bags that dont fit, or overweight bags they can and will charge you as a checked bag + a handling fee for the inconvenience. You fly jets long enough, something like this happens.

blitzar 1y ago

Easyjet [0] - £48 Fee for any non-purchased bag (per item) brought to the departure gate that is over a customer’s small cabin bag allowance which is a maximum size of 45 x 36 x 20 cm or any bags outside of standard entitlements. The bag will be placed in the hold. United Airlines [1]: Basic Economy tickets only include one personal item. They do not include carry-on bags. If you decide to travel with a carry-on bag, you must check it in the airport lobby for a fee starting at $35. If you bring a carry-on bag to the gate that won’t fit under the seat, you need to pay a $65 fee to check it. As for others ... the gate check fee for Spirit Airlines' carry-on bags is typically around $99 when charged at the gate, Ryanair charges typically around €55-€60 for items deemed too large for carry-on at the gate etc. [0] https://www.easyjet.com/en/help-centre/policy-terms-and-conditions/fees-charges https://www.easyjet.com/en/help-centre/policy-terms-and-cond... [1] https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/basic-economy.html#:~:text=You%27re%20not%20allowed%20a%20carry%2Don%20bag%20unless,pay%20a%20$65%20fee%20to%20check%20it. https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/basic-econo...

Macha 1y ago
It's one thing to charge for bags that are gate checked because you knew in advance you couldn't bring the bag. However, another thing that happens is you pay for (or the ticket includes) a carry on bag but because the airline has insufficient carry on space to allow all passengers to bring a carry on, they collect bags at the gate to be checked as cabin bags instead (even if you hadn't paid for a cabin bag). It's the latter that would be surprising to see airlines charge for, as it's a solution to a problem for the airline that the airline created itself by overselling the carry on space.