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Finnair now weighing passengers at the gate (www.upi.com)
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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If this was a progressive weight charge, I'd be all for it. For example if you are 2x the mean weight for an adult, then you pay 4x the cost, whereas if you are 2 standard deviations lighter you'd only pay 1/4th the cost I'd be all for it. But that isn't what they are planning on doing with this. It's just a way to charge more for worse service.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    The majority of costs to the airline are in taxes, airport fees, and lease costs of the plane. I think you’ll be surprised to find out that fuel consumption is a very minor part of the ticket cost. You must also consider that the increased fuel consumption of +50kg of extra cargo to a system that is 100+ tons to begin with is going to be a bit negligible.

    Sure you could have a progressive weight charge. But it’s gonna be more like $1 for someone who is twice your weight. Not twice the ticket price.

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