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They also love the bag fee revenues for another reason.
The govt collects all kinds of extra taxes and surcharges on "airline tickets".
Since its not part of the ticket, the bag fees aren't subject to those taxes. Just like headsets, food and liquor.
The airlines save big $$ on taxes by collecting their money in other ways outside the price of the "ticket".
I think politicians in Washington are starting to realize that, so I'm sure they will try to pass something in the near future that will allow them to gain tax revenue from bag fees in one way or another.
You can thank Senator Schumer for that one.
A Carry-on Bag Fee Tax Won't Fly - BusinessWeek
"The more interesting questions are whether such fees rob Uncle Sam his due in the form of taxes, and whether this latest ding will spur Congress to pursue a piece of the action."
Here is my guess, they will pass legislation that places a tax on airline bag fees. The airlines will then more than likely eliminate any/all fees and put them back into the ticket price. (I'm assuming bag fee tax will cost more than existing base fare taxes)