United starting to charge for baggage

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Just heard it on Cnbc , Looks like United is joining AMR and Spirit but is charging $15 per bag,

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

It's true, I just checked united.com. Good thing I already booked all of dd's flights back and forth to school as any tickets purchased prior to today are exempt from the $15.00 charge.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

Is that carryon as well as checked? Does it include elites? Does it include international?

Legacies are behaving more LCC's all the time. United Airlines, meet Ryanair!

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Is that carryon as well as checked? Does it include elites? Does it include international?

Legacies are behaving more LCC's all the time. United Airlines, meet Ryanair!

I'm sure all the rules are on their website.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

This is one of the airlines I am considering moving my business to if DL's takeover of NW is approved. From what I read at Flyertalk, this fee does not include international flights and does not apply to elites or to carryon luggage.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

This is one of the airlines I am considering moving my business to if DL's takeover of NW is approved. From what I read at Flyertalk, this fee does not include international flights and does not apply to elites or to carryon luggage.

I don't believe any of the airlines apply their baggage charges to either elite members, business class or first class passengers.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Is that carryon as well as checked? Does it include elites? Does it include international?

Legacies are behaving more LCC's all the time. United Airlines, meet Ryanair!

Behaving like LCC's without the cheap tickets maybe. More and more I find myself looking toward Airtran, Frontier and Allegiant for our trips when I can.

[x3skier Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close x3skier]

What a surprise!

Untidy charging for bags just like most of the rest.

Cheers

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

More and more I find myself looking toward Airtran, Frontier and Allegiant for our trips when I can.

Unfortunately, as oil continues to rise, the structural advantage of the LCC's (low labor costs) shrinks in relative terms.

LCCs and Legacies will be meeting one another much closer to the high end of the fare range barring a collapse in the oil market, I'm afraid.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

I don't believe any of the airlines apply their baggage charges to either elite members, business class or first class passengers.

So far, ff elites seem to be exempt from all of these new charges. I am keeping my fingers crossed that continues. So are international passengers.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

We were able to get FF tickets for 35k to Hawaii and were lucky to be able to do it. Now we are trying to figure out the baggage issue.

Since we are traveling before August 18 there is no first bag charge.

Still trying to figure out how much if any they will charge for a boogie board bag with two boogie boards in it. They list practically everything else but boogie boards. Even calling them and asking was not helpful as they are confused. Sheesh.