Spirit to charge 100 dollars for carry ons

[Ameriagle]

Do these airlines charge non-revs and/or jumpseaters for carry-ons?

I j/s on Spirit a couple times a week to/from work and have never been required to pay to carry on my bag. I have had to pay for water though so plan accordingly.

 

[fam62c]

They can do whatever they want. If the customers keep coming then it must be working. It's just a shell game with the total price to fly divided up differently at different carriers. The result is that it will be very difficult for customers at any carrier to figure out what it will really cost them to fly until they get the final bill. Pack light and Spirit will save you money.

 

[BEECH-SLAPPED]

Because it's so ridiculous, nobody would even think about an airline charging you for that?

Next time you're at a restaurant, wouldn't you be a little miffed if $50 was added to your bill for the glasses your drinks came in?

"Well, sir, you could have paid the hostess $20, but you didn't. So you must be trying to cheat the system, in which case you deserve it."

See how ridiculous that sounds?

In your example, the restaurant patron must have missed the sign at the front door that read, "We charge for water glasses. Pay $10 at the door, $20 at the hostess station, or $50 after your bill. The choice is yours." The person could have turned around and went to another restaurant, but didn't.

Then they ignored the sign at the hostess podium, "We charge for water glasses. Pay $20 here or $50 after your bill. The choice is yours." They could have turned around and left, but didn't.

Hoping that the waitress would forget to charge them for the water glasses, they went ahead and ate. When the bill came along with the $50 charge for the water they consumed, they screamed and yelled and called Chuck Schumer's office claiming some BS form of "discrimination".

 

[CA1900]

Ah, ol' Chuck Schumer. Such a blowhard. :laugh:

Sorry bud, I think this is a bad road to go down. Charging someone for the company to handle their bag is one thing. Charging them to handle it themselves is pretty low.

 

[BEECH-SLAPPED]

Ah, ol' Chuck Schumer. Such a blowhard. :laugh:

Sorry bud, I think this is a bad road to go down. Charging someone for the company to handle their bag is one thing. Charging them to handle it themselves is pretty low.

The beauty of capitalism is that the consumer will decide if this is a good idea and will do business elsewhere if it's not.

While the revenue aspect is a large part, another goal is to get those bags down below so we can have some semblance of a decent turn time. As someone who is regularly subjected to blunt-force head trauma by people brining the contents of their entire living room aboard, I would think you would understand!

 

[Crash Pad]

I must ask you a question then CA1900, since you work for NJ, do you think its fair for a catering company to charge $75 for a box sandwich on the corporate side of flying? Something to ponder.

 

[tomgoodman]

Hah! My carry-on stuff isn't worth $100! I'll just leave it at home and buy new stuff when I arrive.

 

[CA1900]

While the revenue aspect is a large part, another goal is to get those bags down below so we can have some semblance of a decent turn time. As someone who is regularly subjected to blunt-force head trauma by people brining the contents of their entire living room aboard, I would think you would understand!

Yup. That part I can completely understand! Although you know my special hate for fat backpacks and oblivious people. :laugh:

I must ask you a question then CA1900, since you work for NJ, do you think its fair for a catering company to charge $75 for a box sandwich on the corporate side of flying? Something to ponder.

Not quite sure what that has to do with the topic at hand, but sure I think it's fair. But if there's a competing caterer on the field that will do the same sandwich for half the price, I highly doubt we'd be buying the $75 lunch.

A better analogy would be one caterer charging $75, and another charging $25. But you didn't notice the fine print that if you want it in a box, it's another $50. Same $75 either way, but I feel like the latter is playing games to make their product appear cheaper. And of course, that's exactly what these airlines are doing -- preying on the customer who has no brand loyalty (or doesn't know the difference), and is simply clicking the "price" column and buying the cheapest one.

It's their business and they can charge what they want -- capitalism, as BEECH points out. When I'm buying products, though, I'm not pleased when I'm nickel-and-dimed to death for things are are normal and customary for the product/service. I know I wouldn't be a repeat customer of a company that does that. I guess the question is whether enough one-off ticket sales by sort-by-price customers will offset the lower repeat business. That's one only the bean counters can answer.

 

[ROSWELL41]

Do these airlines charge non-revs and/or jumpseaters for carry-ons?

Spirit does not charge jumpseaters for carry-ons. I've ridden on them many times and never had a problem. I've also asked and the above was the answer given. I was told 'non-revs'(i.e. people riding on a pass, not jumpseaters) get 1 free checked bag and 1 free carry-on. Hope that info clears things up.