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This one slipped through the cracks yesterday, but Division Street calls our attention to Sandi Jackson's latest crusade: that $15 fee American is charging on checked baggage. It's discriminatory, she says.
Charging for something that always has been free is a questionable business practice in itself. But American has stepped over the bounds of propriety, good judgment and simple fairness by deciding to single out coach passengers for the special fee.Business-class travelers? No extra charge. First-class passengers? The $15 tariff does not apply. Same for international travelers. So there are no worries for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members.
There's no problem for other favored groups of customers.
But if you're a college student heading back to school, a woman flying to another city for a job interview, a family departing for a long-planned vacation -- in other words, someone who can afford the extra charge the least -- you're on the hook.
Psssst. Sandi. First class passengers are already paying more, and sometimes doing stuff costs money. Jackson's not arguing that American doesn't need the money, so let's go with that: It costs more to do the same things. So to stay in business, American has to charge more, yes? It could charge everyone, regardless of whether they check a bag, more, or it can charge specific fees.
And FWIW, why the hell would a woman traveling for a job interview be someone who can least afford $15? She sounds like she's got it going on. [S-T, Reader]
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Division Street storms
bag crusade drives on with glee
off an unwatched cliff
I blame the schools.
I am totally against these new fees by American Airlines. Not in favor of suing, mind you, but still against the fees.
The problem with the fees, as I see it, is that on a round trip ticket, taking 1 bag will add $30 roundtrip and adding a 2nd bag (which is often necessary because of weight requirements) will add $80 rountrip to the cost of a ticket, is that more people will now try to cram all of their crap into their carry-on, which will significantly slow down the already snail-paced security lines.
I do actually think that this fee is a bit discrminatory, although not for the reasons Sandi Jackson cites. My mom uses a CPAP machine for obstructive sleep apnea at night and that baby takes up almost an entire suitcase. She can't live without it - quite literally. And it's too big to take on the plane. She ALWAYS has 2 checked bags. So far, when she's flown since the airlines have started the $25 for the 2nd bag fee, she's never been able to get the airlines to waive the fee due to her medical necessity. That, I think is wrong and discriminatory.
Maybe they could just hide a $30 charge in the airfare? Would Sandi feel better if we all paid more? Geez! Just take a different airline or carry your bag on!
Power to the people! Fight the bag levy!
Gee, has Ms. Jackson ever heard of a free market economy? And if she wants to get on the news, shouldn't she find something that makes sense?
So when I get a free drink at a bar that I frequent often and spend a lot of money at, according to Sandi Jackson's logic the bartender is being discriminatory and should be held accountable by the city council.
But in the very next breath, Sandi wants me to pay more in taxes to fund the lunatic spending and corruption that is this city...so how is that more fair??
And, note the tag "batshit crazy". I'm just saying.
Christ, this is one of the battles she has picked?
Seems like another Chicago moron fighting battles that have little to do with daily life in this city. What a pathetic bunch of "leaders."
What's next--A Sandi Jackson-sponsored resolution calling on airlines to improve their snack selections? I mean, peanuts and pretzels are an insult to working people, right?
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There are travel-sized CPAP machines that are not much larger than your hand. Others will fit in a backpack.
Next the city council will sticking their noses in foreign policy...oh, wait, they've already done that. Nevermind.
I wonder if she even rides economy.
* yawn *