by Christopher Elliott | Jun 30, 2023
Keep an eye on your luggage. Airlines appear to be getting stricter about carry-on rules. Brad Ritter has seen the confrontations: gate agents rigidly enforcing weight and size limits on cabin luggage — and making travelers fork over an extra fee to gate-check their...
by Christopher Elliott | May 17, 2023
The airline gate agent said, “The bag is too big.” They wanted an extra baggage charge. Dayna Cooley was hit with an extra baggage charge on a recent flight from Los Angeles to New York. A ticket agent looked at her regulation-size carry-on and shook her...