American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I just don't get it. They're losing money. They need to charge more.

I get that - I do. That's quite why I didn't have a problem with it initially. Except that they HAVE raised prices. A lot. Typically it costs us about $400/person to fly right around Christmas (the most expensive time of the year, in my six years of experience with this particular round-trip.) This summer it's costing twice that. So they're already charging more - a lot more, 100% more. The luggage charges on top of it is frustrating. The whole affair is frustrating.