Allison Sider
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first heard Dec 2017
last heard Apr 2024
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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Traveling Is Getting More Expensive. So Are Your Bags. · 25 Apr 2024
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That's sort of part of the airline's argument that you shouldn't have to pay for it if you don't want it.
A lot of people have over the last several years pointed out the chaos at the gate and just the proliferation of carry-on bags and point to rising tech bag fees as sort of part of the reason people are so intent on bringing carry-ons.
You know, we're at a point where there just isn't enough space.
You know, planes just weren't designed with enough space in overhead bins for every single person to have carry-on.
Airlines are adding these bigger bins where, in theory, everybody could bring a carry-on, but it's been kind of a long, years-long process to get those in place.
And
They're not ubiquitous on every airline at this point.
Why is buying a ticket for a flight so much more complicated now?
Airlines have been embracing over many years now this unbundling a la carte pricing model where they offer you different packages and different extras.
And it's a little bit more like the budget airline model.
We're seeing that across the board at all carriers where things that were once included in the cost of your ticket are now being cut out and you can opt in or out of them.
The airlines say that's consumer friendly because not everybody wants to pay for the same things, but it does make it a little bit more complicated to know what the price of your trip will actually be.
So the big one is know your airline's policy about booking when you need to pay for your bag.
Like Delta, Alaska, they just charge what they charge.
It's $35 for a first bag, $45 for a second, and it doesn't matter when you decide to do it.
But on United and JetBlue and American, you can save a little bit of money by pre-booking.
your bag and if you don't pre-book and it depends by airline like how early you need to do it but if you don't play in advance then you're going to end up paying a little bit more for your bags you have an airline credit card if you're loyal to one airline you fly it a lot you frequently want to be checking bags having an airline credit card often comes with a free checked bag airline status if you have elite status you can often get a free bag for yourself and even other people traveling on your reservation
And then often if you don't mind taking your bag through security and you have like a normal carry-on sized bag, this won't fly if you have like a huge duffel, but if you do have a normal carry-on sized bag and you decide you don't want to deal with the hassle of the overhead bins, usually the airlines are pretty happy to gate check your bag for you for free.
But at the same time, my colleague Dawn Gilbertson has written a lot about how airlines are getting nitpickier about carry-ons and you really are limited to a carry-on and a personal item.
So if you try to load yourself up with a neck pillow and a blanket and, you know, 10 things, like they probably will say something.
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