The other day I read a news report on how United is going to start charging passengers $25 to check a second bag. Yup, that's right. You will now have to shell out money if in case you are unable to pack your life into one regular sized bag. The kicker, however, was some statement from United that went along the lines of, "... by charging for bag checks, we will be able to keep base fares lower and offer more options to our customers." More options? What the $#%!?
This nickel and diming is ridiculous. How stupid do they think we as consumers are? Do they think we'll just sit back and let them rip us off like this?
It's almost like saying that banks should be allowed to charge you, like, $3 to take your own money out of the ATM. Or like saying that digital media companies should be allowed to dictate the device on which you play a song that you purchase from them fair and square. Or like ...
Wait a minute.
Maybe we are this stupid.
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Its price discrimination. You went to b-school. You should feel less indignant about it.:)
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