Air Canada to bar carry-on bags for lowest-fare customers (www.torontotoday.ca)

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He added that customers need to be aware that what they see as the lowest fare on a price comparison search may not wind up being the cheapest option once the fees are tallied.

"It's not transparent until you've gotten a certain depth into the booking: 'Oh, here's the seat selection fee. Oh, here's the baggage fee. Oh, here's the carry-on fee.' And watch out if you don't check-in online, there's a massive penalty if you don't," Vanderlubbe said.

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[-] GameGod@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can we get an AMA from someone who's actually flown without a carry on?

I feel like the industry / govt went the wrong way here - rather than trying to compete with Flair by letting all airlines stoop to this level of selling a useless ticket at an unrealistically low base fare, they should have just outlawed it, bringing Flair up to their level.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I have, but only for 3 day trip. With the Personal Item as a laptop bag, I can fit the laptop and accessories, and then choose materials that pack small like dress slacks instead if jeans, and poly shirts instead of cotton T shirts. You can lay pants folded into laptop bag slots. Shirts typically rolled and tucked down either end of laptop. Socks can be tricky since I need cotton to breath or my feet sweat LOL. Either a light jacket with the outer and inner pockets, or a business sport coat that has same. Shoes have to match all your outfits because packing extra shoes is a lot of bulk.

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