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Originally Posted by hoover
They charged my wife a carry on fee for a bag she was carrying. I was in uniform and JS and asked the gate agent if we could count it as one of my bags. She said no and charged her $60. In front if everybody my wife turns to me and says never work for this airline. I replied, no problem.
Sounds like your wife bought a ticket and you were JS on the flight. And your wife didn’t buy a carry on bag and got dinged.
I’ll be honest, if this is the case, kind of pushing the expectation on this one. If I jumpseat on SWA and my wife buys a ticket, what are the chances the gate agent lets us both preboard, even though she had not purchased early check in and she is in group B?
And as a free jumpseat rider I would not trash the airline I’m about to take a free ride on with the “don’t ever work for this airline” “I won’t”. If she is on a purchased ticket, trying to see why you automatically assume free bags for all? Abusing the jumpseat by hauling on the families gear just makes it harder for all guys trying to jump seat