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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paying for airplane luggage national-mourning-period

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, luggage is weight, and weight means more fuel burned. That's not the scam.

The scam is advertising your plane ticket as $20 cheaper than the competition with luggage included, and then make you pay $30 for the luggage at checkout.

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Traditionally, airlines would not charge for the first two pieces of checked luggage unless they exceeded weight limitation. But in February of 2008, United Airlines began charging $25 for the second checked bag. In July of that year, US Airways (LCC, Fortune 500) started charging $15 for the first checked bag

This was to offset high gas prices. Gas prices went down. Luggage charges stayed.