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Airline industry insiders say passengers have become carried away with carry-on baggage, leading to costly delays. That’s prompting calls for changes to how airplanes charge for baggage, with some discount airlines like Sunwing and Spirit already beginning to flip the fee structure so passengers pay for the privilege of keeping their bags on board.

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He's comparing it to back when folks would regularly check bags and not pack clothes in a carry on.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

People started packing clothes in their carry-on because their checked luggage would be lost by the airline.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Sure, but there's just not enough cabin space for what folks are trying to do now. Doesn't help they redesigned the cabins to fit more seats.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

They had the clothes for the next day,the rest was checked. While baggage was lost somewhat often, you normally got it the next day

Yea, you got it.
This problem is mostly a downward spiral.

Checked baggage sucks in general, even though it's where the airlines charge today's premium, the service is absolute shit. It's either late, super late, damaged or lost. You can't really win here.

There was never enough room for everyone's max-sized carry-on to begin with.

People started to bring bigger carry-ons because checked baggage sucks and airlines crammed more seats in the same airframes, making carry-on space even worse.

Most people wouldn't mind forgoing the carry-on, or bringing a smaller carry-on, if they could reliably get their undamaged checked luggage on time at their destination.

Layovers where you have to grab your checked baggage inbetween flights is just annoying.

Me? I've always preferred traveling light, not just for the flight, but I generally don't wanna carry half the shit the average traveller brings with them.

Now, the airlines could mostly fix this by making the checked baggage experience less shit.
We all know that's unlikely though.
They'll just charge you premiums for the carry-on and change nothing else.

Next logical step is checked-in travelers, where they put you in a box in the cargo area.