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...wish too, I dare say. The problem, as ever, is the manner in which the airlines hope to attain this elusive status - by once again sticking it to the customer. This week's chapter involves a move by Delta, quickly copied by Continental, to raise fees for bags checked at the airport to $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second. (It's $2 less if you check in online...
...flying to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from Newark, N.J., next month, and you've nailed a $191 plus tax round-trip flight on Continental. Sweet. If you're traveling solo and light, a carry-on will do the trick. But if you're not, once you check in a bag, you are adding 13% to the ticket cost; 31% if you add a second bag. If you can't use a carry-on, you essentially become the victim of a bait and switch tactic, since the airlines never name their baggage fees in the fare quotes you get on Travelocity, Expedia...
Giving some passengers a disincentive to check their bags makes the experience worse for everyone, even the people who paid the fees to check their bags. I admit, I don't like dragging a suitcase around a cramped jet. I prefer to check mine if I have enough time. But I still have to find a spot for a laptop case and coat, and I still risk getting beaned by falling valises or smacked by baggage that's being hauled down the aisle by overloaded, exhausted, ill-tempered passengers...
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...probably backfired - for the Arizona Republican. Understandably, McCain isn't keen to admit he played a poor hand. During a Jan. 12 appearance on the Today show, he was asked by Matt Lauer if it was true that his campaign had done only a cursory background check on Palin before selecting her as his running mate. McCain disavowed responsibility for the process used to scrutinize her with a terse "I wouldn't know." When pressed, he added, "I wouldn't know what the sources are or care." Brushing aside questions about the events surrounding the 2008 election, he insisted that...