This week on Smartmoney.com, Kelli Grant wrote an article discussing recent fee increases for excess baggage charged by the airlines. An interesting article that points to restrictions by a number of carriers on the type and number of bags you can carry aboard both domestic and international flights. The article discusses these fees as being "nickel and dime" attempts to make a profit. I think thats a little naive. But...to be fair, Kelli's article is intended to point out cost avoidance, not why the airlines charge the fees. I wrote an article for Logistics Recruiter.com back in January that addressed both the problem and a potential cure. The carriers had a chance to fix this courtesy of the TSA.
The SmartMoney article does do a good job at outlining travel strategies for those who bring the house on every trip. Good reading on which carriers charge what for overpacking. As a guy who travels every single week, and checks bags, I hope some readers will pack lighter. The bain of my travel existance is the 90 lb. woman with a hundred pound roll-aboard bag who cant get it into the overhead! (And I am a gentleman...I put it up there most of the time!)
Eric
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