Keep calm and carry on: two travellers weigh in on Jetstar’s new overhead locker baggage fees
Is the budget airline’s plans to charge for carry-on bag storage a tax on bad behaviour, or just plain old price gouging? Two Guardian staffers
Is the budget airline’s plans to charge for carry-on bag storage a tax on bad behaviour, or just plain old price gouging? Two Guardian staffers check in In significant news for budget travellers, Jetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the overhead locker.
Will the new rules finally bring an end to the entitled carry-on culture, where people hold up the airline just to jam their oversized suitcase into the overhead locker?
Or is it just another way for cut-price airlines to gouge passengers? Two well-travelled Guardian staffers battle it out. Continue reading...
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