Yes, it's only these cheapies which do this kind of thing in the UK. I find it really horrible. It happens on short international flights. They also charge to preselect seat (whether in person or online).
The worst thing about charging for hold bags is that it means everyone takes cabin bags of the biggest possible size so there's a big scramble after boarding to stow bags. Those airlines always run to really tight schedules so the hosts and hostesses are running around shouting at people to stow bags when there's no room. Often they have to ditch something in the hold. The people at the boarding gate are really savage about ensuring that bags "fit" so I've sometimes seen people nearly in tears trying to repack bags so they are smaller because otherwise they'll pay £50 extra. (They seem to charge loads extra for a cabin bag if you want it "on the day" rather than in advance). I really hate it.
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Date: 2013-01-29 02:46 pm (UTC)The worst thing about charging for hold bags is that it means everyone takes cabin bags of the biggest possible size so there's a big scramble after boarding to stow bags. Those airlines always run to really tight schedules so the hosts and hostesses are running around shouting at people to stow bags when there's no room. Often they have to ditch something in the hold. The people at the boarding gate are really savage about ensuring that bags "fit" so I've sometimes seen people nearly in tears trying to repack bags so they are smaller because otherwise they'll pay £50 extra. (They seem to charge loads extra for a cabin bag if you want it "on the day" rather than in advance). I really hate it.