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Originally Posted by DC2LV
Spirit is not United, lol. Do you seriously believe that if United is successful with this model that other airlines won't follow suit? Have you forgotten how charges began for checked luggage? It wasn't all at once. One airline (AA IIRC) did it and when other airlines saw that it was profitable, they did so as well.
Well, I was right about other airlines following United's lead. I just received an email from AA this morning stating that they are going to be charging for overhead use beginning sometime next month.
Actually, they didn't announce it that way of course. They said that they'll be introducing a new class of service called "Basic Economy" in order to save people money. With Basic Economy, you can't use the overhead, you can't reserve/choose your seat, and you get to board the aircraft last.
Somehow, they're trying to frame this change as a positive for the traveling consumer. Except I guarantee you that this new Basic Economy fare won't be any cheaper than their current economy fares; it will just be the new baseline. IOW, you'll pay what you did before, but now you'll pay extra for the overhead. Just like what happened with the implementation of checked baggage fees.