We just got back from a spring break skiing trip and I had the unfortunate circumstance of having to fly Delta on the trip.   On the way up there, Delta’s flight was overbooked and nearly half my party got bumped off the flight.   What really sucked though is getting hit for $25 “baggage” fee at the airport that I had to pay separately.    Imagine going to the grocery store, getting a gallon of milk priced at $3.99 and then having the grocery store tack on a $0.75 “bagging” fee at the checkout.  You’d think that was ridiculous right but few people seem to complain about airlines.

Worse yet, on the way back the flight was overbooked again and some people got bumped off the flight and you guessed it, we had to pay another $25 fee per bag.   We won’t be flying Delta anytime soon again until they change this stupid policy.   Ironically, Southwest Airlines is becoming my airline of choice because of their “bags fly free policy” but they do have a major drawback.  For some reason, Southwest airlines almost always has a stop somewhere and don’t seem to offer any direct flights.  Worse yet, Southwest doesn’t fly internationally so that limits us to domestic locations but they still have better pricing and service than most airlines.