$100 for a carry-on bag?

[marmar]

New York— Putting a bag in the overhead bin will soon cost some Spirit Airlines passengers $100, more than they paid for their tickets.

The Miramar, Fla., airline currently charges $45 for a carry-on bag. As of Nov. 6, customers who pay the fee at the boarding gate will fork over $100. Any bag that needs to fit in the overhead bin is considered a carry-on. A bag that fits under the seat is free.

The fee stays at $45 if passengers pay at an airport counter or kiosk. Spirit is one of two airlines that charge for carry-ons. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120502/BIZ/205020433#ixzz1tlZgAMRn

[teddy51]

1. Is the other one Allegiant? They announced in April that they were charging, can't recall

the specific date. I think they were going to charge $25 - $35, something along those amounts.

[freshwest]

2. I never carry more than will fit under the seat and my lap. But this will hurt some people.

[Sheepshank]

3. Why not just wear layers......

everyone loves wearing 3 pairs of underwear, 3 bras, 2 t shirts, 3 shirts, a sweater and jacket, shorts, leggins, jeans and a skirt.

AND...have you seen my new purse/shopping bag?



See? N/P

[bluestate10]

4. I travel and check everything but my laptop.

Sorry. I have no sympathy. I often sir and watch people putting massive bags into carryon bins. I see bin doors so stressed that they can barely be closed. I end up having to wait minutes while massive carryons are pulled out of the bins. On occasion, I wonder about my safety if the plane has a crisis that causes carryons to fly out of the bins. There is a price for every decision.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. I agree-- I used to fly a lot and it drove me crazy...

waiting for people to get their stuff out of the overheads.

[Luminous Animal]

7. That's odd, because there are measuring devices in the terminal for acceptable carry on bags.

And staff to enforce the size at the approach. I haven't seen oversized carryons in 10 years or so.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. odd that...

I fly quite frequently (up until about a year ago it was a couple of flights a week) and on every damned flight there are idiots who try to shove a fucking Winnebago into the overhead bin. Most airlines, while having a 'size-wise' measuring doomafloppy at the gate, DO NOT have the personnel working the gate actually check anything. These morons will spend 10 minutes trying to violate at least one of the 'laws' of physics about two objects occupying the same space at the same time and then fuck up the REMAINDER of the boarding process trying to walk their bag back to the front of the plane...OR, my personal favorite, they try a DIFFERENT overhead thinking IT might be just big enough to hold their steamer trunk...

THOSE are the assholes who should be forced to pony-up some dough for being too stupid to check first if their bag will fit...

sP

[Luminous Animal]

13. Well, there you go. Your anecdotal evidence trump mine.

Funny that every airline (especially commuter airlines) are trying to squeeze every last dollar from their customers but allowing all these people, from which they could realize millions of dollars, flout the carry on restrictions and overload the carry-on bins with their steamer trunks.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

16. yeah...i was trying to 'trump' you... n/t

[bluedigger]

5. That's a bargain for the security of knowing my $990 t-shirts are safe.

[flvegan]

8. I'd rather walk than fly Spirit.

Meekins middle finger to them. Fuck 'em.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

11. amen... n/t

[RedRocco]

10. the one time I actually checked my bag

I was stuck wearing the same clothes for 4 days

[pinboy3niner]

12. Smells like Spirit

This is the same airline that refused to refund the ticket of a Vietnam veteran who couldn't fly because he is dying:

Spirit Airlines' Final Answer To Dying Vietnam Vet Seeking Ticket Refund: No!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002628435

Now if they wanted to charge $100 for carrion baggage, that would be understandable...

[RedRocco]

14. I see what you did there

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[pinboy3niner]

15. LOL!

That's one I hadn't seen before--thanks.

There also was a post on DU some months ago...a news story about maggots falling out of somebody's bag in an overhead storage bin in flight. Still, it's probably better than snakes on a plane...