It is abundantly clear to me that on today's flights, at least those to the Dominican Republic, the carryon allowance is heavily abused.
This causes the usual delays as no space is left and all the extra carry-ons need to be checked and placed in the baggage compartments below. Those delays can be as long as 45 minutes while the flight attendants explain to irate passengers why the bag needs to be checked.
And while I know this is not likely to happen, thinking totally outside the box, why could the airlines not allow 1 checked bag free (Jetblue/Southwest notwithstanding) and charge for carry-ons....like Spirit? Except, that unlike Spirit, passengers would be allowed one smaller personal item per person (purse/laptop/diaper bag/medicine bag, etc.).
Of course it won't happen as the last minute business travelers who pay more for their tickets and for efficiency usually do not check luggage and do have carry-ons, and lastly the airlines would lose a big revenue source in their first bag fee.
But one can hope.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
Is it me or Dominicans are the slowest at putting and taking off their luggage from the compartment above ? What happened to letting passenger go through and then removing carry-ons instead of blocking 30 passengers behind ?
I only dream about being wealthy so that I could always fly business without blinking an eye