Glad your trip worked out well ShinyBiker.

Just one thing though. When you describe the airline person as a jerk for charging you $25 for this 42 pound extra bag, maybe we should remember the problems airlines are having in sustaining their business in the loss making climate brought on by the record oil prices. $25 for a 42 pound extra flight bag is not that much at all. I'd think it was ok if they surcharged fat people who weigh a quarter tonne and turn up expecting to pay the same as thin people to be lifted aloft and carried across the planet. This is unfair since transporting extra weight on an aircraft, be that in extra luggage or massive individuals in the cabin is a major part of the fuel load needed and that fuel is VERY expensive now.

I'd charge every individual according the weight they present at check in, and I mean bags and person. The fare should be in $ per kilo/pound flown.

Regards

EV