The Boss Lady: A Face for the Airlines

Monday, January 26, 2009

A Face for the Airlines

I went out-of-town to see my bff, Honeychild this past weekend. Getting ready to board the plane, I approached the ticket counter and loaded up my modest yet worn-out suitcase on the scale. (I don't carry-on my bag anymore. Honestly, I can't be bothered with purchasing tiny versions of my toiletries just to stuff them into a plastic sandwich bag to tote through security. It's bad enough that I have strip down in front of a band of strangers, I don't need everyone knowing what brand of deodorant I'm using these days. Some things should be kept sacred for crissakes.)

Anywhoosels, I was notified by the ticket counter dude that I owed $15.00 extra for my bag and he wanted to know how I'd like to pay for it! I turned around, glanced at the other travelers in line and asked the man, "Um, when did that policy take effect? Are you charging everyone $15.00 or just me? Is that an 'ugly suitecase' fee?"

Apparently, the airlines are charging you for every bag you check! That's IN ADDITION to your ticket! WTF? Next time I will go the extra mile to shove my itty bitty personal care items into a sandwich bag and deal with the humiliation. I wish I had the following photograph to flash at said ticket counter guy when he asked how I should like to pay for my baggage. I use the term 'like' rather loosely here.

2 comments:

HoneychildJan 26, 2009 11:13 AM
YUP. . . Some airlines are charging $25 for the first bag, and $50 for the second check bag. SOOOO-It is now an incentive for everyone to tote their TOO big of a bag, onto the aircraft, down the aisle banging everyone that is already sitting in the shins, and cramming in the TOO SMALL overhead compartments. . .Only too BASH them in the heads when they take them down. . .Gotta love it!!
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machinepolitickJan 26, 2009 05:39 PM
I think there's a hand gesture that covers the way I feel about it.
You know, if we would drill for some oil in our own damned country, you wouldn't have that problem. That's just my politically biased opinion though. I'm sure all the polar bear hugers would disagree.
Have you noticed they keep reducing the size of approved containers? I think you can have a teaspoon of each liquid these days. Who can wash their hair on that ration?
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