[Trombone-l] Transiting DFW with multiple bags

[Jeff Albert]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Earl Needham <needhame1 at plateautel.net>wrote:

> Bonemaster wrote:
> > Maybe we missed something. If Mike was already in the security cue or
> Raye
> > is an AA employee, then this is NOT an airline issue; they have no
> control
> > or authority.
> >
>     This happened at DFW, AFTER Mike had flown form Lubbock.  He went
> through security and check-in at LBB, and the security queue wasn't
> involved in the least at DFW, it was all at AA's gate for the flight to
> Houston.
>

Not that this excuses her being rude, but he did have too many bags.  The
rule was changed in Lubbock, not DFW.  You get a carry on and a personal
item.  A briefcase, garment bag, and trombone is two carry ons and a
personal item, or maybe two personal items and a carry on.  They let him get
by with it in Lubbock.  Again, this doesn't excuse rude service, and I would
still write a letter, but he did have too many bags.

The airlines bring this on themselves to some extent by charging to check
bags.  I think you should get $10 back if you check your bag.  The flights
would board and unload faster, and there would always be room for trombones.

Jeff

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