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I've always thought it was price discrimination, so the people who really want a cheap flight can put up with less bags instead of not flying at all


It can be both.

As someone who travels light (even with kids) I appreciate it. I check 1 bag at most and it incentivizes us to pack smartly. The people who want to bring a lot of bags can pay for it as needed.


Can you share your strategy regarding smart packing?


Discrimination? Or just charging for service/capacity?


Its a specific term, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination


“Price discrimination” is an economic term. It doesn’t carry the same negative connotations as “discrimination” in a social sense.


I would guess OP is using the other definition [1]

"DISCERNING, JUDICIOUS discriminating buyers"

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discriminating




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