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US Congressmen: Drop baggage fees to cut airport congestion
Topic Started: May 13 2016, 02:34 AM (1,443 Views)
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CautionaryTales
May 13 2016, 08:40 PM
estonianman
May 13 2016, 08:37 PM
CautionaryTales
May 13 2016, 08:36 PM

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My guess is you tried to link a picture from an https:// link - those do not work here.
I'm seeing the picture just fine.
I am using Chrome
MEEK AND MILD
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estonianman
May 13 2016, 08:41 PM
CautionaryTales
May 13 2016, 08:40 PM
estonianman
May 13 2016, 08:37 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deepPosted Image
I'm seeing the picture just fine.
I am using Chrome
Well, I can only tell ya that I'm seeing the picture. Even seeing it in the responses.
I'm also using chrome.

Dunno what to tell ya.
I know that all pictures don't show all the time. I know that switching browsers will often show the picture, or video.



Have you paid your internet taxes?
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estonianman
May 13 2016, 03:58 PM
CautionaryTales
May 13 2016, 03:43 PM
estonianman
May 13 2016, 03:22 PM

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Cause and effect friend. They charge for luggage checking and the customers reacted.
I thought you liked the free market in action?
Pro-tip - what happens when you gate check bags and not get charged?

You bypass security.

Checkmate marxist.
Uh no. You still go through security and if you gate check you took your bag with you. If you check your bag you do so before security and it gets inspected behind the scene.
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May 13 2016, 08:51 PM
estonianman
May 13 2016, 03:58 PM
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May 13 2016, 03:43 PM

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Pro-tip - what happens when you gate check bags and not get charged?

You bypass security.

Checkmate marxist.
Uh no. You still go through security and if you gate check you took your bag with you. If you check your bag you do so before security and it gets inspected behind the scene.
Indeed. and who handles the bag in security, yourself or the airline?
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Paula Ticks

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-87186108/

The lines to get through security are long--sometimes your wait is 90 minutes just to pass through it. Passengers wanting to avoid the checked-bag fee over-pack their carry-ons. That adds to the bottleneck at the security checkpoint. Add to that the fact the TSA and Congress cut the number of front-line screeners by about 10%.

And those screeners were cut because of a program, PreCheck, which was supposed to expedite the process of going through security. The program didn't get the enrollment it banked on. The program allows vetted passengers to leave on shoes, belts and light jackets. Laptops and liquids can stay in their bags and they just go through the standard metal detector.

The goal was to get 25 million members to help expedite enrolled passenger through security.

'Johnson Friday said that 10,000 people applied for PreCheck Thursday, up from 8,500 a day in April and 7,500 in March. Still, at that pace, it will take more than four years to reach 25 million members.'


But you have to pay for this program. It's not free and not all airlines are set up to use it.
Program details:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c3c0cba4d3304a60b0e1b2167785ce35/what-tsas-precheck-expedited-screening-program

Edited by Paula Ticks, May 14 2016, 12:45 PM.
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Paula Ticks
May 14 2016, 12:31 PM
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-87186108/

The lines to get through security are long--sometimes your wait is 90 minutes just to pass through it. Passengers wanting to avoid the checked-bag fee over-pack their carry-ons. That adds to the bottleneck at the security checkpoint. Add to that the fact the TSA and Congress cut the number of front-line screeners by about 10%.

And those screeners were cut because of a program, PreCheck, which was supposed to expedite the process of going through security. The program didn't get the enrollment it banked on. The program allows vetted passengers to leave on shoes, belts and light jackets. Laptops and liquids can stay in their bags and they just go through the standard metal detector.

The goal was to get 25 million members to help expedite enrolled passenger through security.

'Johnson Friday said that 10,000 people applied for PreCheck Thursday, up from 8,500 a day in April and 7,500 in March. Still, at that pace, it will take more than four years to reach 25 million members.'


But you have to pay for this program. It's not free and not all airlines are set up to use it.
Program details:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c3c0cba4d3304a60b0e1b2167785ce35/what-tsas-precheck-expedited-screening-program

The information is not totally correct. If you are a member of an airline “frequent flyers” program (like Southwest Air) you automatically qualify for PreCheck without any additional fee.

Also, PreCheck is not guaranteed on every ticket (don’t know why), but about half of my airline travel is PreCheck and the other half not. Often, the departure is PreCheck, but the return is not.
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