American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

If you know that "someone else will" three days after you do, what's the incentive to the the first someone that will???

American's advantage is over. Why did they bother?

Every airline knows that the minute they pull a stunt like this, all other airlines will be forced to follow. So why bother in the first place?

I believe ultimately that this will have less impact than an announcement that "American Airlines raised their prices today." Silly, but I believe it to be true.