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Should airlines just charge by the pound?

Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:46 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:46 am
Seems like a great way to exclude certain folks.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30020 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:48 am to
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Should airlines just charge by the pound?


anything over 300 lbs should absolutely be a premium fee charged by the pound at grocery store price levels for beef by the pound.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38785 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:51 am to
shockingly few wildebeests on the fight I’m on now. Must be a glitch in the matrix or because I didn’t fly southwest
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5703 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:51 am to
With today's flying experience being what it is, I'd almost prefer they perform anesthesia before boarding and stack us in racks on the plane.
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
54134 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:52 am to
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anything over 300 lbs
keakar weighing in at 290 I see
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
11806 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:53 am to
per seat will work. Just need a measuring tool like they do for carry-on luggage. if a passenger cant sit between two rails equating to a seat dimension, then they must buy two tickets.....

otherwise, even if they pay more for the weight, they are still hanging over into my seat....

Posted by Beardlington
Member since Dec 2022
859 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:54 am to
or by volume
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16458 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:54 am to
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Should airlines just charge by the pound?


Absolutely….every other shipping industry charges by weight/size.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
5844 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:55 am to
I am 100% behind this

Why should my wife and I who have a combined weight of around 290lbs be limited to the same checked bag weight restrictions as a couple who weighs over 500 lbs?
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16562 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:56 am to
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Should airlines just charge by the pound?


Pretty good idea. Animals should be 1.5x rate as well.
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16458 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:57 am to
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Why should my wife and I who have a combined weight of around 290lbs be limited to the same checked bag weight restrictions as a couple who weighs over 500 lbs?


The honest answer is …. “because it will hurt fat peoples’ feelings”
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15075 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:59 am to
Discriminatory. Some people can't help that they are small.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5137 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:02 am to
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Why should my wife and I who have a combined weight of around 290lbs be limited to the same checked bag weight restrictions as a couple who weighs over 500 lbs?


Id say each ticket is limited to XYZ pounds for the combination of luggage and personal weight.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30020 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:02 am to
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keakar weighing in at 290 I see

so you think a 250 lbs person is too fat and too big to fit in their seats huh?

stop being such a complete idiot
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:05 am to
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Seems like a great way to exclude certain folks.



they do
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
54134 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:05 am to
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so you think a 250 lbs person is too fat and too big to fit in their seats huh? stop being such a complete idiot
Appears my harmless joke hit a little too close and struck a nerve.
Posted by Jaydeaux
Covington
Member since May 2005
18756 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:06 am to
Great idea but well we know that you can’t shame anyone anymore for any reason. Unless they are white
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
16163 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:06 am to
No airlines shite on tall people enough.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:06 am to
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so you think a 250 lbs person is too fat and too big to fit in their seats huh?



depends on the distribution, in a lot of cases, absolutely
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29289 posts
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:08 am to
We can sit here and pound sand and wail until we lose our voices on this issue....in today's woke climate this shite ain't ever going to change.

I mean I love all your ideas I do, but at this point I'm just reserved to the fact that probably on at least half of flights you are going to be rubbed by a big boy or a big girl....it sucks arse and pisses me off but it is what it is.
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