I never thought I'd say this, but good job Delta
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Thus the round trip luggage charges were $144.53 USD. The ticket was $403.72 USD. So, the luggage charges added roughly 35 percent.
Checked bags total roughly 100 pounds, my weight plus my carry on luggage was probably about 200 pounds, so my checked bags added 50 percent in weight.
So, on a cost per pound basis, my luggage traveled cheaper than I did, but I got a couple holes in one of my checked bags so I was clearly treated better by the airline than my checked bags were, there were no holes in me at the end of the flight.
That said, on one flight segment the obese guy who overflowed over the arm rest that was buried under his bulk into my seat area got a really good bargain on a cost per pound basis compared to me. I am sure he weighed more than me and my checked bags.
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And if you need a seat belt extender for sure you should have to buy two seats or be charged for the ticket of your seat partner.
And sometimes wide isn't fat. I was on a few flights with really big guys sitting next to me and I am a fairly big guy myself though I do fit in an airline seat.
On one flight I was in the middle seat between 2 WVU foot ball players. Those guys were huge. Didn't help much that we had very rough weather. So bad some people were screaming. Lights flashed on and off in the cabin. And I saw a flight attendant with drinks, on a tray. The drinks sort of froze in mid air for a minute then crashing down to the floor. Not exactly sure what she was doing serving drinks in that mess. Maybe to calm the passengers.
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You should have to walk through a think similar to the luggage size tester they have. One this one, if you don't fit, lights flash an an alarm goes off. You then need to buy two seats.
And if you need a seat belt extender for sure you should have to buy two seats or be charged for the ticket of your seat partner.
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And if you need a seat belt extender for sure you should have to buy two seats or be charged for the ticket of your seat partner.
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A bit of Seam Grip and some black cordura nylon and I have glued patches over the holes in my luggage, luggage is now ready for the next trip. I always put two luggage tags on my bags, one bag arrived with most of one luggage tag torn off of it, see photo. I flew a lot or work in the 80s and 90s, I learned that redundancy is good.