Posted by Rick Denney on March 04, 2002 at 11:39:31:
In Reply to: Re: Re: OVERWEIGHT LUGGAGE FEES posted by F Tubist on February 28, 2002 at 11:22:53:
I would not mind budgeting extra for oversize fees if the airlines could tell me in advance what those fees are, including it in the cost of the ticket, and provide a uniform means of making use of it at the airport.
Instead, sometimes you pay, sometimes you don't, and there's a real chance that they won't accept a large instrument at all, and will refuse it for any amount of money. It is the unpredictability that is the problem.
But it will continue to be a problem for as long as the airlines are able to escape responsibility for their actions in handling luggage.
Rick "who won't travel by air with his tuba" Denney