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Don't checked bags incur a higher cost to the airline than carryon, though? (The whole sorting & hand screening & getting bags to the plane bit)
by Karunamon 11y ago
Don't checked bags incur a higher cost to the airline than carryon, though?
(The whole sorting & hand screening & getting bags to the plane bit)
- cwyers 11y agoThe bigger cost to the airline is opportunity cost - they use leftover space in the cargo hold to carry packages, which is more lucrative than your checked bags.
- jasode 11y agoThere are 2 more angles to that... 1) more checked bags means less passengers wasting time fighting for non-existent overhead bin space. Less hassling with flight attendants. More efficient loading; planes have a better chance of pulling away from the gate on time. What cost savings there are to a more hassle-free boarding process, I wouldn't know how to quantify. 2) Passengers will bring carryons knowing ahead of time there will be no bin space and it will have to be checked at the jetway. (The ground crew takes the last bags down the stairs and and tosses them into the plane.) These "checked" bags don't pay the fee. Eliminating the checked bag fee removes the incentive for this loophole. However, I wouldn't know how to quantify the savings.