A general note that has been lost: Spirit is charging people for bags that will need to go in overhead bins. Keep it under your seat and you'll be fine. Those affected will be those with larger roller bags and also those who bring more than one bag on board.
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Originally Posted by Ash W
But tell you what Harry hit the nail right on the head. We get forced into doing things, revenues drop then all these extra charges come out. Another good reason to stick to the legacy carriers I say.
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Forced into doing what things?
With regards to revenues dropping, there are very interesting statistics showing how the prices of flights have decreased--not even accounting for inflation--over the years. You can attribute some of that to more efficient operations, but for many carriers it means smaller profits. Thus there is a need to make up the loss.
With regards to checked luggage, there is a cost involved: fuel to fly the bag and people and equipment to move it.
I fly without checked luggage quite often and agree with airlines (and thus sway from most legacies) who say if you don't need something you shouldn't have to pay for it. Would you pay a restaurant $20 to have an extra chair at your table that no one is going to sit in? Same principle.
Sure, I could pay an extra $50 to fly Qantas over other carriers on MEL-SYD, but why not save that $50 and go out to dinner or do something else?
Disclaimer: this assumes your backyard trees aren't growing money.
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Originally Posted by Justin Lazaroff
So in my opinion, the major LCCs in the US domestically offer better all round service than the legacy carriers.
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Absolutely, and there's one of the greatest ironies in modern aviation.