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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Airlines have it all wrong. They should allow people to check two bags for free and charge $20 for overhead space. Only carryons that can fit under the seat should be free.[/quote]

Your mistake is thinking that anything airlines do is for their customers instead of their profits.

They want to encourage people to pack as little as possible to save fuel costs from additional weight and to make extra room for cargo. They couldn't care less about your convenience.[/quote]

I would think airlines would also be interested in speeding up the boarding process so they could turn flights around quicker. Finding room for bags and getting the bags after landing make the onboarding and off boarding much slower than if more people check bags. Seems like that would be in the interest of airlines.[/quote]

Why? Flight attendants don't start getting paid until the cabin door is closed, and passengers don't get compensated until the delay reaches 3 hours. They can always absorb the delays down the chain with zero ill effects except for pissed off customers, and what are they gonna do? Business travelers are locked into airlines for loyalty programs and 99% of casual travelers will take the cheapest ticket every time regardless of airline.

The only time it would actually impact their bottom line is if the delays stack up so much it makes a flight somewhere down the chain impossible, and they have plenty of buffer built in so that doesn't happen.[/quote]

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