Southwest Airline passenger Robin Bonner, of Solon, Ohio, places her luggage into the overhead compartment on a flight from Midway Airport in Chicago to Cleveland, Ohio, April 2, 2010. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/MCT) By Julie Johnsson
Chicago Tribune
Posted: 04/18/2010 12:01:00 AM PDT
Every airline passenger is entitled to overhead space, right?
Wrong. On a typical domestic flight, six passengers share luggage bins that fit four wheelie bags, at most, leaving some fliers out of luck at a time when more opt to lug their bags, rather than check them, to avoid airline fees.
More passengers also are competing for that space because planes are again filled to near-record levels, the result of carriers' capacity cuts and a rebound from last year's recession.
