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Holidays mean more travel — which may mean more luggage fees

Have you flown much lately? Are you planning any flights for Thanksgiving weekend travel, or perhaps a bit further ahead for Christmas and New Year's?

I haven't flow in awhile, but I would be very interested to know any recent experiences and your reaction to all the extra bucks most airlines are now charging for checking your luggage. When I first heard several months ago that most major airlines were charging $15, even $25 to check a second piece of luggage, I was appalled. Then when it reached the point that some were charging that much for ANY piece of checked luggage, I was stunned.

Why on earth don't they simply charge more upfront on the ticket pricing? Do they really think most people travel without checking ANY luggage and so would feel angry about over-all ticket price increases? I, personally, would feel less like I'd been somehow "scammed" if they simply charged me more for the ticket and allowed me to check two or even three pieces of luggage without extra fees.

How about any of you reading this who fly frequently? How has the extra costs of checking luggage affected you? Or has it? Leave a comment and sound off about it here!