[Leatherboy2006]

I was not the first to bring up seat pitch in this thread, Justme, reminds me why I don't fly Delta, and was glad to see them leave Dallas as a hub

[justme]

Originally Posted by Leatherboy2006

I was not the first to bring up seat pitch in this thread, Justme, reminds me why I don't fly Delta, and was glad to see them leave Dallas as a hub

You're right you weren't. But you were the first to take it in a direction that has nothing to do with what is being discussed in this thread. PHX's reference to seat pitch did have relevance to the issue at hand. People being too large to fit in a seat has nothing to do with it.

[jimworcs]

The other alternative is to include the costs of luggage in the ticket price, so there is no financial incentive to take too many bags on the aircraft.

Or has that been tried before?....................

[justme]

Originally Posted by jimworcs

The other alternative is to include the costs of luggage in the ticket price, so there is no financial incentive to take too many bags on the aircraft.

Or has that been tried before?....................

It's been thought of and done in the past and I can tell you why they won't bring it back. When a traveler is planning a trip from ABC to XYZ, they are searching for the cheapest fare they can find listed. Most often the fares listed do not include "taxes, fees, or other add-ons" when they are shown online. We know this to be the case and we also know it can cause much heartache when someone realizes they are being charged any significant amount more than they had planned on (RyanAir, AerLingus). I digress, but let's suppose you are looking at a list of prices from ABC to XYZ on the screen infront of you, you see airlines A thru D have the flight for $110. Airline E assumes you will be bringing 2 bags and incorporates the cost into the ticket so their price is $155. Who do you think the consumer is going to pick? You guessed it, not airline E. So in order to get the sale from the get go, the fees cannot be added unless EVERY AIRLINE adds the same amount to EVERY ticket.

I'm sure you knew all that already, but I felt like typing!