{"id":132163,"date":"2016-12-05T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/05\/united-figures-out-a-way-to-get-a-billion-more-dollars-a-year.html"},"modified":"2016-12-11T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T22:27:03","slug":"united-figures-out-a-way-to-get-a-billion-more-dollars-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/05\/united-figures-out-a-way-to-get-a-billion-more-dollars-a-year.html","title":{"rendered":"United figures out a way to get a billion more dollars a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By selling more-basic fare tickets that don&#39;t allow access to the overhead bin. Or, more accurately, by getting additional baggage check fees from folk buying more-basic fare tickets (and, over time, normalizing pricing on the more-basic fare tickets, so that tickets that let you actually use the overhead bin are more expensive).<\/p>\n<p>I am very glad I don&#39;t have to run an airline and think of new and exciting ways to squeeze every penny possible. I am also glad I don&#39;t have to fly United these days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/national\/united-airlines-will-charge-extra-fee-for-use-of-overhead-bins'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/WLM0W5G3by_sJRlSNFuxJdXwg8NLuncm251DTMMnQ0hzrbvtyloFh_ofecYNA0VFASmKbEIJpsktBdpXNG5EKAq6iSGIFZbzOf9QmkBd3bdXiKqbjDfC0299HYiujGR8d3097Ojx8jhN5OPnzP0g6Oa8D3Rk=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/national\/united-airlines-will-charge-extra-fee-for-use-of-overhead-bins'>United Airlines will charge extra fee for use of overhead bins<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSo now you&#8217;re stuck with either paying for a checked bag, or paying for a more expensive ticket to bring it on the flight with you.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/cudKgGsYuhM'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By selling more-basic fare tickets that don&#39;t allow access to the overhead bin. Or, more accurately, by getting additional baggage check fees from folk buying more-basic fare tickets (and, over time, normalizing pricing on the more-basic fare tickets, so that tickets that let you actually use the overhead bin are more expensive). I am very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/05\/united-figures-out-a-way-to-get-a-billion-more-dollars-a-year.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;United figures out a way to get a billion more dollars a year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-traveling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33532,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/04\/causing-your-own-problems-ch-ching.html","url_meta":{"origin":132163,"position":0},"title":"Causing your own problems (ch-ching!)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 4-May-13 11:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Finally caught up with the Frontier Airlines policy change story straight from the airline's mouth (an email to its customers). 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Just like (as has been mentioned before) the biggest price markups are on the second-cheapest wine on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33492,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/frontier-airlines-is-going-to-debundle-itself-out-of-business.html","url_meta":{"origin":132163,"position":2},"title":"Frontier Airlines is going to debundle itself out of business","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-May-13 1:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"When Frontier was first around in Denver, not only were the a great price competitor with United, but their service was excellent, their planes new, their people friendly.The crunch of the airline industry post-9\/11, coupled with an unfortunate merger and the general trends in the airline biz, have made Frontier\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25079,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/truth-in-price-advertising.html","url_meta":{"origin":132163,"position":3},"title":"Truth in price advertising","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Jan-12 3:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Good heavens! The Evil Government is violating corporate freedom of speech by forcing poor, helpless airlines to actually include all the various fees, taxes, bells, and whistles in that air fare they're advertising to you. Eek! Weep for our country. Weep! #ddtb Embedded Link New Obama Administration Rules Require Airlines\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132188,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/tickets-acquired.html","url_meta":{"origin":132163,"position":4},"title":"Tickets Acquired!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Dec-16 10:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I am probably unduly excited about seeing Rogue One, but screw it -- I'm excited.Sunday afternoon ... \u00a0 View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-Poster5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135858,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/22\/hmmm-prognosis-not-good-denver-hamilton-tickets-think.html","url_meta":{"origin":132163,"position":5},"title":"Hmmm. 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