Yes, in practice this increases price transparency. Imagine everything could be monetized. They could charge for access to the bathroom, or water. What is the minimum expectation of what is included in the price of a ticket?
I'm against charging for bathrooms, water, or other such basic human needs while you are in the custody of the airline for the duration of travel. There should be a basic standard of human care that includes those things. Food should also be included for flights over 5-ish hours.
Carry-on fees are a whole another level of shittiness though. I, the customer, am the one carrying the bag, there should be no reason to charge for it.
It's like charging extra for wearing a red shirt or charging extra for wearing a hat.
> I, the customer, am the one carrying the bag, there should be no reason to charge for it.
It's on the plane, so it takes up some of the limited storage space, and increases the weight of the plane, which means more fuel burned.
Saying you carry the bag so there's no reason to charge for it is like saying you carry yourself onto the plane, so there's no reason to charge you for the flight ticket.
So either they build the average per-passenger cost into the price of every ticket, or they charge a fee only for people who want to take on the extra bag.
In practice, flights.google.com doesn't know the price of a luggage. So you might think a Easyjet/Ryanair ticket is cheaper, but I have had situations where actually after adding the luggage for every passenger the normal airline is €30 cheaper in total. And you get a free drink plus snack.
Honestly, it would be much better for transparency reasons if budget airlines offer a discount for no luggage instead of an extra fee.
dheera|8 months ago
Carry-on fees are a whole another level of shittiness though. I, the customer, am the one carrying the bag, there should be no reason to charge for it.
It's like charging extra for wearing a red shirt or charging extra for wearing a hat.
kelnos|8 months ago
It's on the plane, so it takes up some of the limited storage space, and increases the weight of the plane, which means more fuel burned.
Saying you carry the bag so there's no reason to charge for it is like saying you carry yourself onto the plane, so there's no reason to charge you for the flight ticket.
So either they build the average per-passenger cost into the price of every ticket, or they charge a fee only for people who want to take on the extra bag.
whazor|8 months ago
Honestly, it would be much better for transparency reasons if budget airlines offer a discount for no luggage instead of an extra fee.
CamperBob2|8 months ago
The expectation that you eventually reach your destination alive.
That's it, from the airlines' perspective.
jopsen|8 months ago
Tell me, when you fly as freight do pay to have the box labelled "fragile" :)
userbinator|8 months ago
A seat.
dale_glass|8 months ago
But I believe Ryanair considered trying not to use seats at one point.
jopsen|8 months ago
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baq|8 months ago