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pnwest

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58. LOL, how is charging me more going to reduce fuel consumption?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 08:10 PM

Feb 2025

If they charge me more, they better give me two seats.

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Do you weigh more than 160 lbs? Airlines may soon be charging you more [View all] True Dough Feb 2025 OP

Well, if they put a scale at the Gate, my wife isn't boarding. surfered Feb 2025 #1

Can you imagine the vitriol if they had employees deciding based on "eyeballing?" No way this is going to work... hlthe2b Feb 2025 #13

LOL! LeftInTX Feb 2025 #52

Airlines May Charge for over 160 lbs Cinjanik Feb 2025 #2

... Can couples pool their 160 pounds? karynnj Feb 2025 #5

I weigh Rebl2 Feb 2025 #24

82 pounds? Polybius Feb 2025 #41

Highly unlikely Hekate Feb 2025 #45

And if you weigh less, will they charge you less? Not a chance! Wonder Why Feb 2025 #3

Actually that might be a way to get the public to accept it. spooky3 Feb 2025 #6

Probably not, but you should at least be able to donate your pounds under 160 to heavy peeps like travel miles. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2025 #54

Then we taxpayers must be paying thru the nose for TSF's frequent AF-1 flights. allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #4

Given that men virtually all weigh more than that, I doubt this will succeed. NutmegYankee Feb 2025 #7

160? I weighed that much when I was 16 underpants Feb 2025 #8

Don't fly at all is the answer. Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #9

Unless I can't get there any other way, I already don't MurrayDelph Feb 2025 #40

Dumb. Won't last. Nt BootinUp Feb 2025 #10

Seems It Would Be... ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #46

Well, given that may give women an advantage (disproportionately), I'd guess they will hlthe2b Feb 2025 #11

Well, I'm around 6' tall. MineralMan Feb 2025 #12

Not to worry... when RFK JR bans all the semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and GLP-1 antagonists (Mounjaro) hlthe2b Feb 2025 #14

My youngest son is Bettie Feb 2025 #26

UPS and FedEx charge by weight Shrek Feb 2025 #15

That's discrimination choie Feb 2025 #42

+1 InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2025 #51

Do you have a handle attached to your back? Are you tied up with string? Do you travel by FedEx? Hekate Feb 2025 #47

This is just discrimination indigovalley Feb 2025 #16

Have at it, but charge people who are "overweight." gab13by13 Feb 2025 #17

Airlines nickel-and-dime passengers for heavy bags Daveigh Feb 2025 #18

Can't weight for Trump to weigh in on this one! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Feb 2025 #19

To "reduce fuel consumption and emissions" Um... flvegan Feb 2025 #20

Fat shaming! Emile Feb 2025 #21

DU never disappoints JoseBalow Feb 2025 #50

I don't plan on flying again until they get those incompetent racist dudebros out of the FAA. Aristus Feb 2025 #22

That's fine. Conjuay Feb 2025 #23

Then put seats that accommodate the actual size of human beings JCMach1 Feb 2025 #25

I doubt this will stand . . . markpkessinger Feb 2025 #27

I would join them in this instance newdeal2 Feb 2025 #32

Gender discrimination - not many men weigh less than 160. walkingman Feb 2025 #28

I certainly wouldn't trust a passenger declaration of weight to determine weights and balance. Hope22 Feb 2025 #29

Why not just give us all sleeping pills and put us on a conveyor belt to the cargo hold? unblock Feb 2025 #30

The seats are already on the small side and the leg room aint great. milestogo Feb 2025 #31

So petite women will be in vogue for jobs requiring travel AnnaLee Feb 2025 #33

Michigan is the only state that has passed a law explicitly prohibiting weight-based discrimination. Emile Feb 2025 #34

I already pay extra for my legroom, now weight? I breathe the oxygen too, dem4decades Feb 2025 #35

If they give you a bigger seat with more leg room, charge away Pisces Feb 2025 #36

The average American adult weighs 185 pounds Diraven Feb 2025 #37

Maybe in 1965 BannonsLiver Feb 2025 #48

Only if you choose to get on a plane. I opted out when fELON took over. SheltieLover Feb 2025 #38

So the airlines are going to weigh us but the doctor's office won't. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #39

I've been to urgent care three times in the last SharonClark Feb 2025 #55

I'd venture to guess most men weigh more than that. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #43

Can someone check these calculations? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2025 #44

Coincidentally, they're offering free peanuts again JoseBalow Feb 2025 #49

What will they do weigh you on the lugage scale? They could get maore passengers on doc03 Feb 2025 #53

With clothes on, or without? What about body mass? haele Feb 2025 #56

It's discriminatory Meowmee Feb 2025 #57

LOL, how is charging me more going to reduce fuel consumption? pnwest Feb 2025 #58