American to charge for FIRST checked bag.

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Point 'B' - The cost of the first piece of luggage is already included so what they are doing is double billing you for the same bag. In time I expect they will just add it back into the price of the ticket, otherwise they will miss out on revenue every time a passenger does not check a bag. Assuming they don't start charging a "convenience" fee for each carry on bag.

If that were the case, they wouldn't be losing money.

The reality is, AA wants to raise ticket prices by a little less than $15 to compensate for rising costs. But doing so would hurt sales due to one-click buying tendencies. So instead of charging everyone a little less than $15, they're charging some people $15 at a different point in the transaction.

I don't really see the big deal. They need to raise prices. You will be paying more to fly because they need to make money. I don't particularly care how they do it, and, like Alex, kinda prefer the "pay for what you actually use" model.