‘Just pack light’: are airlines too stingy with their baggage allowance?

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We’re asking people around Wales if they think that airlines should be more lenient with their baggage allowance, or if we should just learn to pack lighter.

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00:00Well, I suppose the more you put on an airplane, the more fool it uses. They're going to charge you more.

00:05I think they're crafty how they go about it. Yeah.

00:08So much hand luggage. Then so much on the other side.

00:12Are they stingy? Yeah, I suppose they are.

00:15But it's, they would say, every ton we put on that plane, it's going to use a thousand pound of fool or whatever.

00:21We've got to do it, haven't we?

00:23Well, you're talking to somebody that travels very light, so I use an under seat bag.

00:32I don't think it's necessary to take too much stuff, but that's just my opinion.

00:36So I don't think they are stingy, no.

00:39Yeah, yeah. They are. They're not so good as they used to be.

00:45What we've done in the past is took a minimum amount of luggage and bought suit clothes and we're there.

00:50Because if you're buying t-shirts and, you know, shorts and flip flops, they're going to cost a lot of board.

00:55I'd rather buy them a board, to be honest, and save the extra luggage.

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