Here is the defense of Spirit Air’s new carry-on bag policy right from the CEO. He already did an interview with us and appeared on Chris Elliott’s radio show. How does this sit with you? According to the CEO this means faster boarder, more room in the cabin and lower prices. What’s there not to like about that?
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Yesterday had two headlines that I was certain were jokes — stories that someone perhaps picked up by mistake from The Onion, a satirical newspaper based in our nation’s capital. But I was wrong. Here are the headlines: “Spirit Air to charge for carry-ons,” “Women arrested for smuggling corpse” and “Today’s Running of the Peeps trades horns for marshmallow.”
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Calling it the “next phase” of unbundling, Spirit Airlines a few hours ago announced that it would begin charging passengers for carry-on luggage. Seriously.
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Hundreds of readers responded to our survey earlier this month asking about the need for federal regulation of carry-on luggage. Our readers clearly voted that we don’t need a federal law and, even more strongly, they don’t want TSA enforcing any such law. Respondents blame the airlines for adding to the problem with luggage fees and then not policing their own policies.
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We’ve known about the airline’s little seatback safety problem for months — long before our colleague Janice Hough asked about it last week, and long before other mainstream media outlets raised questions about it.
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This may come under the “careful what you wish for” category. We have all grumbled under our breath (well sometimes, no-so-under-our-breath) about passengers carrying oversized luggage aboard plane as carry-on luggage. Rep. Lipinski (D-Ill.) is proposing a law mandating the maximum size of bags a passenger can carry on board.
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A new bill before Congress seeks to standardize the carry-on baggage rule. The bill, titled the Securing Carry-On Baggage Act, H.R. 2870, would apply to bags carried on board all U.S. commercial planes. It’s good news for air traveler.
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Like it or not, travelers are getting used to paying surcharges for checked luggage. And with second bag fees up to $50 on some domestic airlines – more for heavier bags – the new surcharges have become a significant source of revenue. Of course, these fees have also spurred travelers to try harder to get their belongings into a carry-on bag.
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