Originally Posted by ChrisH

3) Charge some kind of fee, like $1 or $2 per bag you check. That is not a lot of money, again, from the consumers stand point. But considering the large quantity of checked bags, that could be great revenue. If an airline has 1,500 flights per day, for example, and an average of 100 people on each flight, and 70 of those people check at least one bag, at $1 per bag, that could be $105,000 per day, and $38, 325, 000 per year for just charging $1 per checked bag.