Look out! Airlines are setting a carry-on luggage trap
Carriers will charge more baggage fees in 2023. But that's not all.
The ticket agent looked at me as if I was hiding something when I checked in for a recent flight from Nicosia, Cyprus, to Tel Aviv, Israel.
"Show me your bags," she commanded.
I rolled my regulation-size carry-on across the tiled floor so she could see it.
"On the scale!"
Nine kilos. She shook her head slowly. "You will have to check it."
The agent jabbed a…
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