BE WARY OF BOOKING WITH SPIRIT AIRLINES (AND PROBABLY SOME OTHERS). I LEARNED THE HARD WAY TODAY THAT THEY CHARGE 50 DOLLARS FOR *CARRY ON* LUGGAGE. HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE BOOKED A FLIGHT FROM AN AIRPORT CLOSER TO MY HOME, BUT I *THOUGHT* I WAS SAVING A LOT OF MONEY.

50 DOLLARS FOR CARRY ON! 100 BUCKS EXTRA FOR MY COSTS ROUND TRIP. INFURIATING!

HA?

SAM
FUMING AT THE AIRPORT,
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!

SAM_DANGER REAL BOSSES OWN THEIR JET! TIME TO GET TO WORK BUDDY.

DANGER to the airlines!

Yuck.

Isn't this relatively common now?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Fooglmog, not for carry on.

What a joke!

As a canadian, the only non-legacy US carriers I have flown are Spirit and Allegiant and they both charge for carryons. Remember to prepay for the carry on next time and it'll be half the price-with spirit you need to pay for a membership, but it pays for itself on the first use. Online travel agencies are evil, but if you are booking directly with the carrier you get warnings in large bold letters, pop up warnings, and have to agree not to pay the carry on baggage fee before you can book your flight.

that being said flying in the states is generally such a terrible experience. The airlines are garbage, the airports are garbage, the security is garbage, the line ups are garbage. Ungh.

The garbage is garbage?

The garbage is recycled?

In the US it really depends where you fly. Some of the airports haven't been properly updated in years, others are not so bad in terms of layout/size/lines.
Iselin, Midway, and St Petes for example were pretty decent.
Orlando was ok. O'Hare was rather annoying.

You want to see really attrocious, try flying in South America (not a small airport) or out of Charles De Gaulle in France or even Rome for that matter.
Heck the airport in Montreal is pretty craptacular too (in fact it's worse than many I've seen in the US).

Now regarding booking, always check the airline's site first. Often you can get better deals (or the same) by booking directly rather than through a site, plus they are clearer about the additional charges.

As far as charging for carry on goes, I find that some airlines are worse in that they try to discourage you from bringing a carry on on and asking for "volunteers" to check luggage.

I have never heard of charges for carry-on luggage... wow... but then I don't fly the "discount" airlines. I don't want to have to pay to use the bathroom mid-flight either.

Martian did you really just type a four paragraph reply to this topic? Loser!

Requiem: did you really type all that just to call me a loser? Monkey see monkey do?:P

ooh-ooh-ooh-eee-eee

Delta charges for checked baggage. I figured it was just a matter of time before carry-on got tacked up.

Soon, it'll be 50 cents to take my normal mid flight dump. Toilet paper extra, I'm guessing...

next step is weight based charges, more you weight more pricy is your ticket.

WE"LL MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF YOU!:P

regarding weight based charges: I think that's not going to happen since it's horrible PR. If i work out and gain 20 pounds of muscle I should pay more to fly? I'll only agree to that if the fare is inversely proportional to how long I need to wait to check in :)

some cheapskate airline companies are considering adding "fat tax" to their prices. if those add it then normal airliners won't be far behind them to start using it.

should be pay by the pound. otherwise, the skinny people are subsidizing the lard asses to fly. why should the skinny people have to pay for the, err, oh, wait it's air fare and it's not a fixed price because it's all based on when you buy a ticket, not how much it costs to get there.

I have never paid for carry on. Not even for international flights

I have never paid for carry on either. Its always a 7KG limit or bag size dimensions that are restricted. Thats all. Ridiculous

who books with spirit airlines?

Well, if you book through many large airlines they don't "charge" you for a carryon but many give you a "discount" for not bringing a carryon which is the same thing.. just more cleverly presented:P

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES !!!!!!!!!!!!



the captain even sings you a song lol

plane will fall down?

There was a Samoa based airline that IS charging a fat tax. Oddly enough Samoans tend to be on the larger side.

DEAR SAM DANGER

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FTW

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS WORSE THAN ANY OTHER, AS A SPONSOR FOR THE "COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES," A CABAL PROPPED UP BY THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES AS A TOOL TO PREVENT MEANINGFUL, CHALLENGING DEBATES, AND TO BLOCK ACCESS TO THE DEBATES TO ANY WHO CHOOSE TO RUN UNDER OTHER THAN THE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN FLAG.

BILL DANGER
LIBERTY ADVOCATE
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!

For anyone who watched TSNs Sportcenter this morning, Onrait make a joke about Southwest being the worst airline ever lol