[wastedhours]

I understand why this is being downvoted, and agree that it's not a nice point to try and argue - however it is somewhat irksome when I (as a recovering anorexic with a very small physical footprint) is penalised for a baggage weight allowance and yet there's no difference in seat cost between myself at 51kg and someone at twice that.

Completely appreciate there's no fair way to police it (other than that, I think Samoan airline, who charged based on the person/bag weight combination), but I think it's indicative of it all being a bit of a sham. Of course weight increases costs of flying, but is an extra 1kg in a checked bag really worse than carrying 20/30kg more of fat or muscle?

[bumholio]

Weight is largely irrelevant. The difference between a airliner full of 45Kg people versus 90Kg people constitutes about 5% of the total plane weight. Some fuel savings but would not be worth the aggravation, client humiliation, lawsuits etc.

What it boils down to is volume and time. A passenger takes up a seat regardless of how large he is (...) so he's charged for a seat. Luggage changes that equation far more than passenger body weight.

[wastedhours]

> A passenger takes up a seat regardless of how large he is

I'm only halfway joking when I say I've lost many an elbow into the side of someone substantially larger than I. For some "a seat" is "their seat + several inches of mine".

I know it's not really the problem at hand, but it's poor proxy for volume, and again, just shows that the weight fee is just a sham.

Just going to start manufacturing a "flight jacket" with pockets for all your luggage...

[shishko]

> Just going to start manufacturing a "flight jacket" with pockets for all your luggage...

Already there...

https://www.skyscanner.net/news/best-wearable-luggage-jacket...

[pjc50]

Baggage pricing isn't really about cost, it's a means of (a) taking the cost out of the list price, like ebay when posting prices weren't included; and (b) doing price discrimination against customers.