US Air baggage fee

fxd99 · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 411

US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.
Denny in Mass

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CLM in ND · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 669

On Feb 27, 9:05 am, fx...@NOSPAMverizon.net wrote:
> US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.
> Denny in Mass

Just another case for carry-on only travel.

Cameron

Dr. tRout · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

is that the deal where you be allowed only one suitcase-charged for the
second one??
=sen0ur tr0ut=

"CLM in ND" wrote in message @n77g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 27, 9:05 am, fx...@NOSPAMverizon.net wrote:
> US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.
> Denny in Mass

Just another case for carry-on only travel.

Cameron

Dan Leifker · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 6

fxd99@NOSPAMverizon.net wrote:
> US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.

Just when I thought flying to Vegas couldn't get any worse...

I used to fly United to LAS, but the flights land at the D gates and the
wait at the baggage claim is almost unbearable. Seems like it has been
taking 20 minutes or more AFTER I get to the baggage claim, which is
more like 30 minutes after I step off the plane. I guess the distance
of the D gates explains the delay, but it doesn't make it any less
unpleasant.

So I switched to US Airways, which lets you off at the A or B gates.
The wait for my baggage isn't so bad, but good grief... checking in is a
total nightmare. Two weeks ago at McCarran it took me almost 20 minutes
to get past the self-service check-in kiosks, which are supposed to
glide you through swiftly. US Airways (for reasons that I cannot even
begin to understand) set up a cluster of kiosks about 10 feet from the
counters, with no ropes to funnel the passengers into anything like an
orderly line. I saw five sprawling clumps of dazed passengers with
baggage. Only four agents were working, and without clear waiting lines
it was wall-to-wall chaos. Worse, each agent was stuck talking to some
high-maintenance traveler (e.g., a family of 8 trying to check-in for a
flight connecting to Uruguay and demanding new seat assignments) and
confused passengers were crawling around the counter like ants around a
pool of syrup. I finally had to elbow my way to the counter and insist
that the agent take me because I had been waiting so long.

I think it's time to start driving to Vegas!

dleifker

Rob Taylor · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

On Feb 27, 12:36 pm, Dan Leifker wrote:
> fx...@NOSPAMverizon.net wrote:
> > US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.
>
> Just when I thought flying to Vegas couldn't get any worse...
>
> I used to fly United to LAS, but the flights land at the D gates and the
> wait at the baggage claim is almost unbearable. Seems like it has been
> taking 20 minutes or more AFTER I get to the baggage claim, which is
> more like 30 minutes after I step off the plane. I guess the distance
> of the D gates explains the delay, but it doesn't make it any less
> unpleasant.
>
> So I switched to US Airways, which lets you off at the A or B gates.
> The wait for my baggage isn't so bad, but good grief... checking in is a
> total nightmare. Two weeks ago at McCarran it took me almost 20 minutes
> to get past the self-service check-in kiosks, which are supposed to
> glide you through swiftly. US Airways (for reasons that I cannot even
> begin to understand) set up a cluster of kiosks about 10 feet from the
> counters, with no ropes to funnel the passengers into anything like an
> orderly line. I saw five sprawling clumps of dazed passengers with
> baggage. Only four agents were working, and without clear waiting lines
> it was wall-to-wall chaos. Worse, each agent was stuck talking to some
> high-maintenance traveler (e.g., a family of 8 trying to check-in for a
> flight connecting to Uruguay and demanding new seat assignments) and
> confused passengers were crawling around the counter like ants around a
> pool of syrup. I finally had to elbow my way to the counter and insist
> that the agent take me because I had been waiting so long.
>
> I think it's time to start driving to Vegas!
>
> dleifker

Concur about US Air. I don't mind the walk from the D Terminal,
though, (which I end up taking if I fly Alaska instead of Southwest)
and the facilities there are much nicer than A/B/C. D should also be
getting their own baggage claim in a year or so, though- that's the
current project going on at McCarran in front of the D Terminal.

Dan Leifker · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 6

Rob Taylor wrote:

> Concur about US Air. I don't mind the walk from the D Terminal,
> though, (which I end up taking if I fly Alaska instead of Southwest)
> and the facilities there are much nicer than A/B/C. D should also be
> getting their own baggage claim in a year or so, though- that's the
> current project going on at McCarran in front of the D Terminal.
>

No kidding? Hallelujah! Thanks for the update.

dleifker

Donkeydode · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 64

"Dan Leifker" wrote in message @comcast.com...
> fxd99@NOSPAMverizon.net wrote:
>> US Air has followed United and will start charging for extra bags.
>
> Just when I thought flying to Vegas couldn't get any worse...
>
> I used to fly United to LAS, but the flights land at the D gates and the
> wait at the baggage claim is almost unbearable. Seems like it has been
> taking 20 minutes or more AFTER I get to the baggage claim, which is more
> like 30 minutes after I step off the plane. I guess the distance of the D
> gates explains the delay, but it doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
>
> So I switched to US Airways, which lets you off at the A or B gates. The
> wait for my baggage isn't so bad, but good grief... checking in is a total
> nightmare. Two weeks ago at McCarran it took me almost 20 minutes to get
> past the self-service check-in kiosks, which are supposed to glide you
> through swiftly. US Airways (for reasons that I cannot even begin to
> understand) set up a cluster of kiosks about 10 feet from the counters,
> with no ropes to funnel the passengers into anything like an orderly line.
> I saw five sprawling clumps of dazed passengers with baggage. Only four
> agents were working, and without clear waiting lines it was wall-to-wall
> chaos. Worse, each agent was stuck talking to some high-maintenance
> traveler (e.g., a family of 8 trying to check-in for a flight connecting
> to Uruguay and demanding new seat assignments) and confused passengers
> were crawling around the counter like ants around a pool of syrup. I
> finally had to elbow my way to the counter and insist that the agent take
> me because I had been waiting so long.
>
> I think it's time to start driving to Vegas!
>
> dleifker
>
>
It seems like the last 5 years or so I have never NOT flown out from the D
gates. The last time I didn't have to make that trek was when we went out of
the country.

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