In Reply to: a story about excess baggage posted by smurf on Saturday, 27. January 2007 at 16:15 Bali Time:
It's basically extra weight means extra fuel. If they do not charge they are losing profit on each flight. It really is a business decision to charge excess baggage. It just depends if the staff are policing it. With fuel prices over the last year each flight that is overweight and not charged eats into the airlines profits,