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Check-in / Boarding sucker punch baggage fee for surfboards: AA 2167

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Dec 2, 2009, 1:01 PM

Silent Bob Silent Bob is offline

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But asking people to open their baggage and pay extra according to what they have in there is ridiculous

Whoa what's going on here? No one said anything about opening bags and charging for the contents. I don't think any airline does that. The OP had to pay a service charge for the boards, which is what he's upset about not because of additional contents within the bag.

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Check-in / Boarding sucker punch baggage fee for surfboards: AA 2167

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