Not a personal problem, poll

Chicago Tribune travel editor goes personal-only with help from a ScottEVest jacket:

When Spirit Airlines broke new ground by announcing that it will charge passengers $45 for carry-on bags starting Aug.1, I took it as a personal challenge. I had to prove I could travel without even a carry-on.

The answer is in what the airlines call a “personal item.” That typically is a briefcase, purse or, in Spirit’s case, its Web site even shows a small backpack. To prove my case, I used a Case Logic bag measuring a mere 13 by 9 by 4 inches and an SeV/Scottevest Pack Windbreaker, with its 17 pockets ($75 from scottevest.com). — full story

And, yet another editorial in favor of carry-on fees, accompanied by an online poll you can weigh in on.

Comments

[Matt]

The link to the article and poll you posted is annoying. Did you notice how the poll is worded? All luggage is treated equally in that poll. Either you have more than one bag or nothing. There is no middle road for carry on only. It's as if to say that a person who does carry on today costs the same as the one who does carry on and checks two bags. The author might as well be doing that cheap joke "So have you stopped beating your wife yet" which either implies that you are still beating your wife or you did in the past, not that you never did. Very annoying.