Allegiant Air to Start Charging for Carry-Ons Wednesday

[n2doc]

Allegiant Air has stated that they will start charging for carry-on bags starting Wednesday, April 4th — and no, this is not an April Fools’ joke.

“Allegiant will begin charging for carry-ons for travelers booking new reservations beginning Wednesday (it will go live on our website late Tuesday night PDT),” Jessica Wheeler, Public Relations Manager for Allegiant confirmed to AirlineReporter.com.

Although the airline has not publicly announced the changes, they sent an internal memo to employes. Passengers will be allowed one free personal item (purse, briefcase, laptop), but anything larger will require the carry-on bag fee. Paying for the carry-on at the airport will run you $35, but buying online will save you some money. Allegiant has not confirmed how much the fee will cost if purchased in advance, but inside sources have explained that they expect it to be between $14.99-29.99 — which matches Allegiant’s checked bag fees. The difference in price is route specific and depends on the length of the flight flown.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2012/04/02/breaking-allegiant-to-start-charging-for-carry-ons-wednesday/

[msongs]

1. carry-on item size has gotten totally out control...people bringing HUGE things to store in bins nt

[spinbaby]

6. That's because the airlines do it backwards

They should charge for carry-ons and make checked baggage free. It would solve a lot of those boarding hassles.

[tabbycat31]

7. Agree 100%

[SharonAnn]

11. Exactly. I haven't understood the old model: carry-on = free, checked = pay for

[pscot]

2. One more reason not to fly

As if another were needed.

[CreekDog]

3. who are these people that don't need to go anywhere ?

"choose not to fly" ???



how does one see their family in other states, other nations, etc.?

try again.

[pscot]

5. You put "choose not to fly" in quotes

but the phrase is yours, not mine. I prefer not to fly, and will go to some trouble to avoid it. If you "choose to fly", enjoy.

[leftyohiolib]

10. in other states?well we still have cars, other nations well i guess you fork it over

[KamaAina]

12. Last time I checked, Hawai'i was a state

and while they do have interstate* highways, none of them actually go to the mainland.

[leftyohiolib]

15. well now there's a good idea a highway to hawai'i

besides i didnt ALL states

[anti-alec]

4. Allegiant goes Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a heartbeat.

They just declared bankruptcy the other day, didn't they?

Stupid move on their part.

Spirit is barely surviving, isn't it?

Unfortunately, Allegiant doesn't fly to Denver. Closest they fly is Ft. Collins, which is 90 miles north of me.

[KamaAina]

13. Ah, now I get it.

This is the airborne equivalent of Newt charging fifty bucks a picture, right before he goes belly-up (sorry for the visual ).

[sinkingfeeling]

8. That's why I just booked my Allegiant flight this afternoon! It's cheaper to fly

round trip from Arkansas to Florida to visit my 93 yr.-old mother than to drive it!

[LadyHawkAZ]

9. I have flown with them twice-

round trips- both times they were 2 hours behind schedule, EACH WAY. I won't fly with them again, baggage fees or no.

[pinboy3niner]

14. What's all this fuss about charging for carrion bags?

If passengers insist on bringing their carrion with them, they should be charged for it! On one flight I took...wait...what's that? Carry-on bags? Well that's very different! ...