Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
ULCCs charge for carryons, too, even the little kid’s luggage doesn’t fit in the free bin. Assuming just carryons, that’s $160-$200 each way in just bag fees. Add a stroller and the fees to pick a seat, and you are north of $350 each way in fees.
The thing is, people don't pack the same way when they know there are going to be fees.
When my family of four travels via a legacy, we each have our own little rollerbags. But if we were going to travel via a ULCC and trying to save money, we wouldn't travel that way. We'd fit it all into one checked bag and just have a backpack to carry anything the four of us needed during the trip, maybe not even that if we could make my wife's purse do the job. Truth is, as someone with travel bennies, I don't pay for travel these days so I don't know the numbers for comparison but I'd be willing to bet that I'd be WAY cheaper with a ULCC than a legacy doing that.