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I get a kick out of people watching during airport sits. And believe me, flight attendants have a lot of airport sit time! Most will go to a ‘crew lounge’ (if available) for napping, eating, reading, or just to catch up with colleagues. Not me. I’d rather sit in the terminal observing the constant motion and parade of people on the go. No doubt, airports are fascinating, and always entertaining. Rolling luggage is such a common site, and a...
The Twist: Alaska Airlines Will Give You $20 (credit) if Your Checked Bag Does NOT Reach the Carousel in 20 Minutes. Alaska Airlines passengers will be subject to new baggage fees starting Wednesday. Customers checking one bag will be charged $20 per bag — $5 more for the first bag than previously charged, but $5 and $30 less for the second and third bags, respectively. Seattle-based parent company Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK), which also includes Horizon Air, also introduced...
CHICAGO – Every airline passenger is entitled to overhead space, right? Wrong. On a typical domestic flight, six passengers share luggage bins that accommodate four wheeled bags, at most, leaving some fliers out of luck at a time when more of them are opting to lug their bags, rather than check them, to avoid airline fees. There are also more passengers competing for space because planes are again filled to near-record levels, the result of carriers’ capacity cuts and...
from ‘USA Today in the sky blog’ and AFA-CWA 22Mar2010 Fed up with airline fees for checked bags? You’re not alone. Many of the nation’s flight attendants say they feel your pain – literally. More than 80% ofattendants claim that they’ve sustained injuries from helping to handle passengers’ carry-ons. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) is using that data – which it says comes from a representative sample survey of its 50,000 members – to press Congress to set...
