You're charging me for what?! Airline fees way up since January 1

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

It's funny. I haven't seen tickets get that much more expensive than they were. Granted, I'm used to tickets for my usual destinations being pretty expensive, and $400 for a flight between NYC-the parents' house on the Gulf Coast is pretty typical. Right before Christmas, I'm going to a wedding in New Orleans, so I did a flight where I go from NYC to NOLA, then after Christmas between Destin-NYC, and it was only $310!!! A freaking bargain.

Besides, don't most people avoid checking bags anyway? I can only see this being a boon for business on medium and long-haul flights where people are packing a lot.

For awhile, even prior to the charges, yes people did bring a great deal on as carry ons.
And even then, FA's had to tell people that some stuff you just could not do.
So now that everyone is try to do so, there is even more stuff going into smaller spaces.
As some point, and hopefully before some new form of "rage" gets named, travelers are going to have to start to understand that a plane's cabin just is not their very own trunk.