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Do airlines actually charge for carry-on bags? I primarily fly Delta so I've never run across this, maybe an issue for discount airlines?
Yup, it's the budget airlines that charge for everything. Realistically you're already paying for your carry on with Delta because of the higher prices.
Beyond that, this is the entire point of budget airlines: providing a cheaper alternative for people who either don't need those extra services or for people who otherwise would not be able to afford to go at all.
If they're forced to offer all the same services as the major airlines, they'll just go out of business. I'm sure the large players would love this to pass as a easy way to kill off some competition.
The really cheap budget lines do.
They pull you in with a $30 (or even sometimes $10-20) ticket. But you then have to pay for E V E R Y T H I N G else.
Carry on bag? $50+. (And anything bigger than a purse counts, that backpack is gonna cost ya) Checked luggage? $65. Select a seat? $25+ (per leg). Their seats are small so if you don't pay you'll probably end up in the middle, oh and they're not keeping your party together. Not using mobile ticketing? $50. Free sodas and snacks? Lmao you wish.
I've never been able to price out one of these airlines and find it worth it compared to something like Southwest or even the more traditional airlines. I'm 6'4" so I definitely don't want a middle seat in their cramped planes. By the time I add everything it's the same price or more.
Maybe if I ever needed to get just myself and no luggage somewhere on a budget?
Legislation is needed for some of these things.
Things like being asked to pay Β£50 to print a ticket, or deliberately splitting people up when they don't pay for designated seating is plain fucking obnoxious.
Fix the baggage charges at whatever the airports charge for it.
Spirit does. You get a βpersonalβ item and that is all. My son and I flew to Vegas from Albuquerque for NYE at something like $70 a ticket, but a carry-on would have more than doubled the price. Since we were literally going to a concert and leaving we decided to sleep at the airport after the show, so we had the clothes on our backs and our phones.
Itβs definitely on budget airlines. Been using frontier and spirit for short domestic flights and they charge for everything.
Never really had issues with bigger carriers where they include checked bag, carry on and personal item in the ticket price.
That makes sense, being in Utah Delta is really our only option for decent direct flights.