Man, I'm getting really damn sick and tired of airlines.
Flying to Medford OR next week. Granted, that's a little podunk airport, and the flight is on Allegiant. So I expect to get nickle-and-dimed for every damn thing I want (including seat selection), because they're Allegiant.
Looking at flights to Chicago around the weekend of the TCU@Purdue game, however, and since it's O'Hare, I'm looking at normal reputable airlines. Nope... If you want ANYTHING, including the opportunity to actually pick a seat, you pay out the nose. I've been a loyal American flyer for the last 12 years, most of those years keeping at least AAdvantage Gold status, and yet that doesn't mean anything.
These damn airlines are pissing me off. Seat selection? Pay. Checked bag? Pay. Carry-on bag? Pay. I mean really, now we're getting charged for a carry-on? I've already gone to make sure that I don't have any liquid over 100 mL with me because I don't want to check bags anyway, but now I have to pay for a carry-on that's always in my possession and they don't even have to track/handle for me? And with how expensive some of these fees are, I might as well just buy clothes at my destination and throw them out at the end of the trip.
It's almost to the point that if they want me to have the privilege to wear clothes on the airplane, and breathe their air, they're going to charge for that too.
I'm over this crap. It's Southwest from now on. They might not give me a seat selection, but I know how to handle that. At the very least they don't nickle and dime me for the things that SHOULD be taken for granted when flying.
