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So much for not having baggage

April 21, 2010 by heidi 8 Comments

A brief rant before I board my flight to Buffalo.

If I were a Catholic granny, I’d use the word “miffed,” but since I’m not a Catholic granny, I’m going to use the word pissed.

This is going to sound so bratty, but I’m putting it out there anyway. I’m flying United. I never fly United. I ALWAYS fly Southwest because the flights from Tampa to Buffalo are direct and cheap. For this trip home (for Ro’s bridal shower) I booked through Travelocity because MANY MOONS ago I signed up for a Travelocity MasterCard thinking I’d accumulate enough points to circle the globe twice.

Wrong. Over the course of four years I barely amassed enough points to get from Tampa to Miami — until I transferred my Discover balance and earned a $100 credit toward one Travelocity flight, which is a pittance considering the people at Travelocity MasterCard duped me into signing up for this card. I would have never signed up if I knew there was a $30 annual fee.

$30 annual fee x 4 years = $120. So technically today’s NON-DIRECT UNITED flight cost me an additional $20.

Now, want to hear something even more irritating?

I didn’t want to check luggage. I like to travel light. (Most of the time.) So I shipped a box of stuff to my parent’s house. It cost me $25, but took a load off my back, so to say. I was so proud of this calculation that I called Ro last night to BRAG about it..

“WHAT? YOU’RE NOT CHECKING A BAG?”

“Nope. I like to travel light.”

“You’re crazy.”

She was right.

This morning, the kind folks at United informed me that my tiny suitcase was too cumbersome to carry on. Irked, I wheeled it back to the check-in counter, where I was promptly charged $25 for it.

$30 annual fee x four years + $25 USPS shipping + $25 luggage fee = $170.

Oh right. Plus the cost of the flight: $220.

$390.

Even more aggravating, we’ve since boarded and I’m sitting next to a woman whose carry-on luggage is bigger than mine and currently shoved into the overhead compartment. Lucky bitch.

___

PS. Do not EVER sign up for a Travelocity MasterCard. It’s a sham.

Filed Under: Buffalo, Ro, southwest airline flights

Comments

  1. Tabitha (From Single to Married) says

    April 21, 2010 at 9:45 am

    I hate flying. Seriously, between the high price of everything and the waiting and the tiny seats and the bad food and the claustrophobic tin can you’re actually flying in… I hate flying.

    All that to say that I feel for you, I really do!

  2. Carrie says

    April 21, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    That’s why I’m flying southwest – πŸ™‚
    Just think how nice it will be to be home – mama deb said it’s just about now you should be stepping off that plane into mama gail’s weeping arms πŸ™‚

    see you soon heid!

  3. Gracia says

    April 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    Ha! Love the new photo of the lady with the ginormous carry on bag.
    I actually love flying, but lately the most I’ve paid for a plane ticket is 16€ (20$?) to go to Paris, and for that price you can’t expect much… How could I complain about not being allowed to check in any extra baggage or about the small sized seats when flying from Spain to London for 0.01€ (all taxes included) each way?

  4. RO says

    April 21, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    oh no! you know i advocte for checking baggage-but only on SW since it is free πŸ™‚

  5. Ricci says

    April 24, 2010 at 7:30 am

    1. I almost got thrown off a flight in rural Senegal for refusing to allow them to put my camera gear in the cargo hold instead of carry it on. (they won – in the end – but it was only a 1.5 hour flight)

    2. If you fly international to Senegal you get 50 lbs of FREE baggage… just sayin! πŸ™‚

    Have fun with ma and pa and congrats Ro!

  6. Kim says

    April 26, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    Southwest it is! Damn airlines are out of control! I know it was a pain in your rump–but I was so happy to see you :o)

  7. Heather @ Alis Grave Nil says

    April 28, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    I love that you got so angry. Is that wrong? I hate flying. Bastards.

  8. Megan Biram says

    May 6, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    I booked a United ticket to Cancun. The wedding I was in in Cancun was canceled due to the groom’s serious illness. So I tried to cancel the ticket THREE MONTHS in advance. Plenty of time to resell a ticket to Cancun, over Memorial Day weekend!!! But no, they had to charge me $150 for an e-ticket I had for 2 weeks, that they have 3 months to resell. I will never be flying United again if I can at all help it, because that is some bullshit right there.
    Southwest, you are awesome. Please stay that way.

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