...Once again another so-called SMART move by the airlines (CO and others have already done this) that will just piss off PAX rather than make a great amount of additional revenue.... Just how much additional $$$ do the airlines think this will bring in? Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- lafrance@verizon.net wrote: > Delta Air Lines Announces New Checked Bag Allowance > > > > > ATLANTA, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta > Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) > today announced a new checked baggage allowance for > domestic travel. > Effective Aug. 15, Delta customers can check a > maximum of two bags free of > charge. Previously, customers could check three > bags free, if they didn't > have a carry-on. Delta's revised baggage policy > still will allow each > ticketed customer three bags free, but only two of > the three bags may be > checked. > "Delta is changing its free checked baggage > allowance to better manage the > dramatic rise in checked baggage in our system," > said Rob Maruster, director, > Airport Strategy and Services. "Since Sept. 11, > Delta customers are checking, > on average, 20 percent more bags." > Delta customers will be charged a fee of $40 for > the third checked bag. > Customers checking any additional bags, or checking > items which exceed other > excess restrictions, will be charged the appropriate > excess baggage fees as > found on Delta's Web site at delta.com/baggage . > The new checked bag policy applies to passengers > traveling on Delta, Delta > Express, Delta Shuttle, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, > Comair, Chautauqua > Airlines, Atlantic Coast Airlines and SkyWest > Airlines. The new policy > includes passengers ticketed prior to Aug. 15. > These guidelines may not be > applicable to Delta's codeshare partners. > Additional restrictions may apply > on certain flights. > This new checked bag policy does not affect > Delta's carry-on policy. The > Transportation Security Administration (TSA) > regulations allow only one carry- > on bag and one personal item through airport > security checkpoints and carried > aboard aircraft. TSA-approved personal items > include a purse, briefcase, > computer bag, camera case and diaper bag. > Delta Air Lines, the world's second largest > carrier in terms of passengers > carried and the leading U.S. airline across the > Atlantic, offers 5,898 flights > each day to 429 destinations in 76 countries on > Delta, Delta Express, Delta > Shuttle, Delta Connection and Delta's worldwide > partners. Delta is a founding > member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that > provides customers with > extensive worldwide destinations, flights and > services. For more information, > please go to delta.com . > > > Roger > EWROPS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com