Originally Posted by
shiftwork
There is no such thing as: "Bags fly Free"......... and the nice thing about fee's, no tax;-)
^^^^^ Bingo.
$5.7B in tax free income and hence here comes congress with a club in one hand and the other one open and awaiting payment.
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) announced new legislation Wednesday to confront airlines that are socking travelers with new fees for carry-on luggage.
The legislation comes after Spirit Airlines announced last week that it would begin charging customers a whopping $45 for carry-on luggage. The policy could spur other airlines to follow suit and impose a similar fee. The senators’ legislation is designed to rein in this new practice and restore basic fairness to airline travel.
Now that is for carry-on luggage but, if Spirit charges $125 before fees and SWA charges $250 with no fees, Spirit will still be cheaper and not paying the same amount of taxes to the government.