The Military member gets to go out and patrol sniper and roadside bomb infested areas to get that bag fee waived. All in all I bet the Military guy would rather pay the bag fee and waive the combat patrol.
Well, then he can leave the military, go get a private sector job and pay the fees then if he feels that way. We're at least 30 years from the last time we weren't an all volunteer military...
I have a novel idea, why don't we ask everyone to pay their own way in life and stop demanding to be treated special because we think we can get away with it if we put enough guilt on someone else to pay for our failures?
What an awesome idea! Let's start with US Airways themselves. They can stop this tax avoidance scheme anytime they want, and start paying their fair share by listing bag (and all other) fees as the revenue it actually is. As things now stand, however, airlines that do this will continue to slurp up what amounts to non-taxable welfare until congress steps in and does something about it, which from what I understand, is on the agenda.
For the record, I fully realize that US is not the worst in this regard. I single them out only because they happen to be the airline at issue here. Nevertheless, this practice is simply ridiculous and there really isn't an excuse for it.
If this person had purchased a ticket with Southwest she would have not had any bag fees. Her trip would have been completed day one.
Indeed. Unfortunately, legacy airlines that do this are immensely and consistently profitable whereas since WN does not do this, or charge change ticket fees, they are on the brink of bankruptcy, are constantly laying people off, and flirt with CH 7 on an annual basis, since no one wants to fly them...
Either that or
the exact freakin opposite... Can't remember which
