Do I really need that bag
July 18th, 2008, 2:48 pm · 2 Comments · posted by lmartinez
Cameron County residents planning to fly out of the Valley on American Airlines listen up.
Get your money ready and I mean lots of it if your entire family plans to take a trip with lots of luggage.
The airline now charges $15 to check-in your first piece of luggage. A second is going to cost you $25. - Wow, as if ticket prices aren’t high enough already - and that’s just $15 one way.
The airlines attribute the luggage fees to higher gas prices just like everyone else.
American Airline has flights in and out of McAllen
It won’t be long before other airlines add on the fees too.
In the near future we will probably be seeing  travlers ditch the luggages and just carrying those carry-on items stuffed as much as they can get away.
It probably won’t be long before there’s a charge for the carry-on too.Â
What’s next? Charging passengers by the pound? Can we say here we come Jenny Craig.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I Flew from Anchorage to Houston last week on Delta and they charged me $25 a bag…be happy with the discount that American is giving you. As bad a American airlines is, they don’t hold a candle to Delta…Delta really sucks. I had the worst trip in recent memory. I try and stick with Southwest, the cattle car loading is a bad thing, but once you are on board, the quality starts to shine!
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