Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Baggage Fees Soar, One Man’s Solution



Recent stories in publications such as Wall Street Journal stress how airlines, particularly Spirit and Allegiant, are adding on so many fees their low prices don’t look quite so low to the untrained traveler.

Brent Hopkins, a 25 years old guy, who has flown Spirit for years decided the time had come to design a bag that could fly free on Spirit – meeting all their size dimensions and fitting under the seat in front.  This meant precise design, and clever features.  He did it, and is now marketing the product via a website.  Here is the address

http://www.carryonfree.com/products/tan-copper-trolley  $69  and has wheels and a collapsing handle. And is good looking.  This good looking color is on back order until June of 2014.  But other bags are available (see website).   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6fbH8w36A    25,000 people have viewed this video to see how to pack in order to avoid Spirit luggage fees.  The new Carry Free bag above helps solve this problem. The bag being packed in this video might be available at WalMart, or there’s another type of small carry on bag called Kavu Happy Hauler (try Amazon or other) .  It appears to be smaller than the FlyFree bag.


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