mercredi 16 décembre 2015

A congressman is seeking to ban airlines from charging for the loo

FIRST they came for your legroom. Then they came for your bags, your meals, your refreshments, your entertainment. When will it all stop?

If one American congressman has his way, at the bathroom door.

No trend in aviation has progressed more steadily in recent years, or engendered more grumbling, than airlines slapping a price tag on everything that was once free. Reserving an exit-row seat was once a clever insider strategy; now it is a paid upgrade. Free checked bags were once the norm. Once that changed, people started trying to take only carry-ons. Now they must sometimes shell out for these too, or apply a dubiously expansive definition to “personal item”. Depending on the airline, meals, snacks, drinks, movies, headphones and even water can come with a charge.

But using the bathroom? It is still free for now. And a bill introduced last week in Congress would keep it that way for American flights.

There is a good argument for charging for flight add-ons. Namely: these things cost money. It is...Continue reading

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