American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I personally think that charging people for their bags is ridiculous. There are times when you have to have luggage for your trip. It's not an option not to. So now you're getting charged for it. I think there are other ways to stay afloat rather than nickel and dime your passengers.

Again, by charging for checking baggage, it allows them to not increase the ticket price.

You're paying for it either way. This way just gives them a slight marketing advantage, and gives you the option to save a little money if you can get away without checking bags.

If they were raking in the dough and made this move as a way to squeeze more money out of people, that'd be one thing. But they're losing money, so if air travel is going to remain an option, we were all going to have to start paying more for it one way or another.