More leg room without the baggage!
You thought it was bad this past week when folks started to take a vacation with only the threads on their backs to avoid paying for baggage fees to the airlines.
Who wants to lug a suitcase, or an over-stuffed back-pack, and pay a pretty penny on top of it to be precious cargo down below in the hatch?
Yes - economy-mnded smart-minded travellers - figured they might as well pluck up a few duds along the course of their trip and boost their spirits in the process.
Times may be tough, but when that happens, the tough-minded get hip to novel ways to combat the dilemmas.
Looks like AA (the airline often confused with Alcoholics Anonymous) has fathomed a way to wring out the last buck or two, though, just in case those trend-setting upstarts thought they could pull one over on 'em out on the tarmac.
Starting Wednesday, coach travellers had the option to pay $19 to $39 to cozy up front in coach, be the first to board, and have access to excess lockers in the overhead bins for their baggage at a smidgen of the cost most tourists are coughing up daily.
The fees will vary based on the length of the trip, so don't put your legs up for too long, 'cause you'll be dinged for it.
The tickets - known as Express Seats - are expected to be snapped up pronto.
It's a jungle out there, after all!
Who knows, just maybe, disgruntled first-class passengers will catch the trend, and forego on the pricey seats behind the curtain where they're normally treated to cheap cocktails and peanuts.
In that event, the flight attendants can just heave-ho the bags in that direction, snap closed the nifty partition, and charge what they want 'til doomsday.
Innovative travel is alive and well in America just bet your bottom dollar on it!
Fly the thrifty skies!
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