Airline industry insiders say passengers have become carried away with carry-on baggage, leading to costly delays. That’s prompting calls for changes to how airplanes charge for baggage, with some discount airlines like Sunwing and Spirit already beginning to flip the fee structure so passengers pay for the privilege of keeping their bags on board.

We start charging more and more for checked bags, lose them, and take forever to get them to you, so you start doing carry on. Now we have to charge for carry on, so no free bags for anyone!

CEO of airline gets 20 million bonus for slashing free carry on and raising revenue.

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Don’t forget that first checked bag used to be free, too.

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The first two checked bags used to be free.

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