I’m getting ready to take a flight in a few days, and it’s been awhile since I’ve flown the friendly skies.  So I thought I would take a look at the air carrier’s website to see if anything significant has changed.  It’s not really the friendly skies anymore…

It really seems a bit like a big scam.  The baggage fees are downright ridiculous.  $25 for a bag?  It would almost be cheaper to go to the Post Office and ship my clothes to the hotel. Maybe if this extra fee made it less likely that my baggage would be lost I would see some benefit, but I don’t see that anything has been done to make that affair less likely.

The there’s the starvation.  No food or beverages through security. And when you fly almost 4 hours, you will not get any food on the plane.  UNLESS you want to buy overpriced food at the airport, or you can pay $10 for a turkey sandwich on the plane.  Something smells fishy…

I understand the higher ticket prices – jet fuel is expensive.  I understand not taking knives on the plane.  There’s really no reason to have a knife at the ready on a plane.  I get the inconvenience of the security procedures – it makes it all safer.  But the seemingly obvious bag and food scam just seems to have snuck right in there…