Schumer urged US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter Friday to repeal a regulation that may encourage such fees by exempting services not deemed "reasonably necessary" -- like providing in-flight snacks -- from taxes.
"Peanuts may not be reasonably necessary for air travel, but the ability to carry a bag onto a flight is," Schumer wrote, warning he would act if Treasury does not find a remedy "in the coming months."
I idea that you have to pay to take a carry-on on a flight is absolutely ludicrous and should be legislated away. I don't begrudge the airlines on making a profit but they don't have to nickle and dime every part of the plane trip. In any case I think if the bigger airlines did this they would face a mountain of complaints and would reverse course in short order.
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