Airline Baggage Fees Bring In Nearly $1B In 3 Months

All good very good opinions valid points as a commercial airline pilot myself being a passenger on long haul flights taking my family overseas on vacations yearly. The airline or carrier does express its clauses to you about charges etc. But a lot of people are misunderstanding that baggage fees regardless of the carriers rulings set out depending on the air fare you take. Yes Budget carriers are there for cheaper fares and to cut the throats or the major carriers in price beat airfares. Yes there are people who take advantage of this by trying to bring half there house load in baggage knowing full well they won't get way with it and end up paying excess baggage. I see it all the time. This is why they only allow carry on luggage up to 10kg in the overhead compartments of a aircraft. They can only take so much before a sudden shake from turbulence arises and then the compartment opens crashing down on the passenger and then trying to cue the carrier for damages. If the clauses state 23kg per person then thats within the airfare. if your carrying only a carry on bag it must be within the requirements to be a certain weight.

All I can say is yes check the clauses before you confirm a booking read the rules if you accept them thats your responsibility if you don't then don't take that particular fare.

Well i like to burst your bubble here and be the good samaritan. Airlines are not private not all? Some or many are Government owned for which the taxpayer contributes to keeping them going as you say Capital and profit depending how there out come is for the forecast in there financial year a profit or a loss many factors contribute to this. If you read the carriers ticket in fine writing which many people ignore there are clauses set down by the carrier that entitles the passengers or be it passenger to allow the max of 23kg per person to be included in the airfare. This to get them from point A to point B in either direction. How ever airlines as the comet from the person below about budget carriers do take advantage of this by only allowing 10kg per person to carry on board with no baggage to go in the cargo hold. Which I wonder how the hell they survive that way thats what aircraft a designed for to carry cargo under there belly of aircraft.

It both good points you make here Preacher1 but for someone who fly's daily five days per week unless my flight falls over a weekend knowing that these budget carriers rip you off. I intend to prove my point to them at the counters on check in. That shuts there mouth and the baggage fee is waived

So for those wanting to get there baggage waived just look at the clauses in fine writing and show it to them at the counter. you will be surprised how they (THE AIRLINE) quickly give your money back and waive this nonsense charge. .