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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]

This is not about weight and fuel, that's a myth. It's about nickel-and-diming the customer.

Now some airlines are beginning to charge for carry-on bags, too. This, as PP above notes, is at least in part because too many carryons create delays. But it has the added benefit of squeezing more money out of the customer. Win win![/quote]

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