Why does Allegiant Air hate being in business?

Carry-on bags are the new crying child. Just bring a backpack with a book, a bottle of water, and your smartphone.

Cythraul: I'd imagine it'd be rare for a person to take a flight with no need of luggage. So if they charge a carry-on bag fee, why not just raise the damn price of the plane ticket itself?

Because the important thing is to have the lowest price when some fat greasy dork types "fLy fROm tULsA to mIaMee" into Google. That's the win. The lowest number. Nothing else matters. Once the fat greasy dork has typed in their CC and hit ENTER, the profit margins start to kick in with fees and surcharges.

It's the American Way. It's why Verizon and AT&T advertise $39.99 cellular plans that pencil out to $54.75 a month.

America: Land of the Fee and Home of the Shave

Their Bare-fare can be lowered, and listed higher on search engines. (kayak, priceline, etc.) It is a smart marketing move.

If they are not charing for checked bags, then these people are my hero.

I am so farking sick and tired of you douchebags who refuse to check a bag only to stuff the overhead compartment with 2, 3 and more peices of luggage. Honeslty, you're scum.

fark you scum.

I wish arilines would get tougher on people with oversized carry ons, or the dick bags who carries everything on and then stuffs it the overheads. god. I hate you.


/feeling better now.

So stop choosing strictly on price. Oh, you won't do that? Then STFU.

FTFA: Spokesman Jessica Wheeler confirmed to the website that passengers will be allowed one free personal item, such as a purse or briefcase

Pretty sure this won't cause any arguments at the gate or anything. I've seen women with purses the size of small roller carry ons.

Danger Mouse: If they are not charing for checked bags, then these people are my hero.

I am so farking sick and tired of you douchebags who refuse to check a bag only to stuff the overhead compartment with 2, 3 and more peices of luggage. Honeslty, you're scum.

fark you scum.

I wish arilines would get tougher on people with oversized carry ons, or the dick bags who carries everything on and then stuffs it the overheads. god. I hate you.


/feeling better now.

Become a frequent flier (gold or better) on your carrier of choice or continue hatin'

Good. Just check your damn bags. You pay more than me because you bring more crap with you than I do.

Now if only we could charge fatties more too.

spidermilk: Ok thats it, lets charge by gross weight. I am sick of my 380 lb roomie whining about Southwest's "Passenger of Size" policy.

Or maybe they can come up with some kind of weight and volume formula. They should just start selling human shipping containers- yeah I'm gonna need a 5.5' high cube from port of st louis to port of new orleans with insurance.

Does anyone ship their stuff to their destination and then ship it back? Assuming I can do without my vacation clothes for a few extra days, at what point does this pay back?

If you visit friends, yes. ship a month ahead as bulk mail. If it is a place you have never been, then hell no. Me? I can pack for a weeklong trip using a back-pack. (Its called DO LAUNDRY. Most hotels will wash for you for free)

Wear a weeks worth of clothes.

I totally predicted this!

/Just say'n

Gig103: Sorry Spirit and Allegiant, I officially draw the line at charging for ALL luggage. That's as bad as Ryanair charging a check-in fee, because luggage is an essential part of travel, so it should be a part of the ticket cost. If you can't compete against Southwest and other airlines without playing these pricing games, then you don't deserve to be an airline.

They really should be charging you for any luggage you have...period. A ticket should have a flat fee that covers things like the the salary of the pilots and flight attendants, plane lease costs, etc. Next, you get charged by the pound, since the weight directly contributes to fuel burn. The more weight you are bringing with you (bags, yourself, etc) the more you pay, because the fuel burn is going up. Lastly, you tack on an extra fee for checked bags that pays for the baggage handlers, the luggage trucks, etc. Right now the various costs of a ticket are hidden, and they really should be exposed. Charging for a carry-on is exposing the costs.

Air traveler of the near-future:

I don't carry my bag on the plane. She can damn-well walk for herself.

Danger Mouse

".....only to stuff the overhead compartment with 2, 3 and more peices of luggage. Honeslty, you're scum.
I wish arilines would get tougher on people with oversized carry ons,".

The worst are women with a carry on, large purse and a long down coat that fills every void in the overhead compartment. I wish they made everyone use the size checking frames and showed zero tolerance.

On a recent trip I had to stuff my half the maximum allowed size carry on & small knapsack at my feet to avoid having it checked while others carried full sized back packs on board.

vice_magnet: Danger Mouse: If they are not charing for checked bags, then these people are my hero.

I am so farking sick and tired of you douchebags who refuse to check a bag only to stuff the overhead compartment with 2, 3 and more peices of luggage. Honeslty, you're scum.

fark you scum.

I wish arilines would get tougher on people with oversized carry ons, or the dick bags who carries everything on and then stuffs it the overheads. god. I hate you.


/feeling better now.

Become a frequent flier (gold or better) on your carrier of choice or continue hatin'

I am. and I always check my bag. and thankfully I just got enough points for delta to give me early boarding status. finally.

Still I hate the shiatheads who put more than one bag in the overhead, or have a god damn steamer trunk for a carry on. check the god damn bag. check it.

I said it before and I'll say it again, "Carry on luggage will be the downfall of western civilization"

I pledge my allegiance
To the fare
And the egregious fees of Allegiant Air.
And to the price gouging
For which it stands
One plane, overloaded, underfueled,
With crying kids and lardbutts for all.

Can I pay for others to not have oxygen?

serial_crusher: Mr. Coffee Nerves: If nothing else it will cut down on the yokels duct-taping a handle to their refrigerator box and calling it a "carry on" to save a luggage fee.

This. Although actually enforcing size restrictions might be a better option.

Yes please.

tricycleracer: Air traveler of the near-future:

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this^^

/Bing voice/ Could I PUT ON any more layers? /end Bing voice/

JC

give me a round of these for me and my buddies!

Just carry a purse. Even if you're a dude. Start charging women $35.00 for their carry-on jumbo purse, and the airline corporate HQ will be firebombed by midday. Allow women to carry purses, but tell dudes they're SOL and you've got a gender discrimination lawsuit on your hands.

Win win.

We have clearly made air travel too affordable. I mean, the riff raff that invades our airports and planes is astounding. They are the reason we have the shiatty plastic utensils or that we don't all get bubbly anymore. Get back to the Greyhound buses and leave me and my civilized friends to enjoy the benefit of air travel without Bubba yelling at the Stewardess for more peanuts or another beer.

Get rid of the gawd damn luggage racks!

if it doesn't fit under your seat you have to check it.

That's the way it is on Delta's regional jets and it takes about 90 seconds to get all 60 people off the plane.

Patterson: We have clearly made air travel too affordable. I mean, the riff raff that invades our airports and planes is astounding. They are the reason we have the shiatty plastic utensils or that we don't all get bubbly anymore. Get back to the Greyhound buses and leave me and my civilized friends to enjoy the benefit of air travel without Bubba yelling at the Stewardess for more peanuts or another beer.

I don't disagree.

Hello, UPS?

CitizenTed Because the important thing is to have the lowest price when some fat greasy dork types "fLy fROm tULsA to mIaMee"

you've confused the residents of Tulsa with Marysville
...got my Dad a last minute r/t on Spirit from LAX-San Juan PR so I'm getting a kick outta these replies("small backpack for personal items" bypasses their carry-on fee)

Hmm, but isn't a person flying without any luggage a TSA red flag?

FlashHarry: well, i guess i know what airline i'm never flying.

Pan Am?

ExperianScaresCthulhu: Just carry a purse. Even if you're a dude. Start charging women $35.00 for their carry-on jumbo purse, and the airline corporate HQ will be firebombed by midday. Allow women to carry purses, but tell dudes they're SOL and you've got a gender discrimination lawsuit on your hands.

Win win.

It's not a purse. It's a satchel. Indiana Jones has one!

Next: A safe landing fee.

I just got back from a 5-day trip which included 6 flights and had everything in a SMALL carry-on (not the kind you have to stuff in the overhead). People just bring too much shiat with them.