Woman sleeps in Airport After Baggage Fee Row
2nd November 2011
Teri Weissinger arrived at San Francisco International Airport, hoping to start a new life in Idaho, with nothing but an airline ticket, two bags and $30 to her name. But when she tried to check in with US Airways, the airline demanded a further $60 to check in her bags. Ms Weissinger said the last time she took a flight, five years ago, checking in luggage was still free.
“$30 would get me there, so I thought,” she told a reporter from KGO TV in San Francisco. “Now it’s $25 for one bag, $35 for another bag.”
She explained that she had no money and asked if she could pay upon her arrival in Idaho, but says the airline refused. She even offered to leave one of her bags behind, but the airline said this was against security rules.
“I started making phone calls to everybody I knew,” said Ms Weissinger, but she eventually missed her flight.
I guess the airlines are officially part of the government now. At least they’re acting like it.