US Airways Group said Tuesday it will start charging fliers $25 to check a second bag, the company's latest effort to raise revenue and deal with rising costs. The announcement follows a similar policy change by United Airlines. US Airways spokesman Morgan Durant said the charge is expected to generate $75 million in revenue and cost savings each year.
These people need to take a leaf off Sir Branson's move by going in for bio fuels if they really want to keep the costs low. First they started with no free food on air, they offer a can of coke and some pretzels..now this one. if they really want to cut the cost down, they must either have guts to upppp that price or go for alternatives, not to put travelers in pain. No one likes to carry n-bags around as they travel, they usually take what is needed and essential, now if some moron thinks that by putting a price on that extra baggage...they can make a few bucks. It sounds just like stealing a lolly from a kiddo.
if i were the CEO, i would have got down to issuing mobile tickets for those who wont use the counter tickets, i would charge those people who use counter to buy tickets. Reason is that employees at the counter need to be hired for these tasks. i would put one employee there to man the gates, when people come down and scan their mobile phones with m-ticket barcodes , the auto gates will issue them boarding strips. Now there wont be a need hiring more than one person. So if someone really needs to buy tickets at the counter then they better pay that extra amount...or one more way would be to dispense boarding cards when travelers swipe their credit cards at these joints.
Then if the travelers are staying at their affiliates motel or hotel, let them pay that extra amount to get their baggage check in at that place, so they get value added service and need not wait for their baggage to be scanned and sent to cargo bay.
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