So, I don't get this new math the airlines have been hitting travelers lately and this seems the best place to hash it out….there are fees on everything, except something you can charge them back for if/when they are late.

I had a last minute booking up here to Quebec City.  A round trip flight cost $1,500.  Had I booked it with 2 weeks or more it would have been half the price….

Had I not booked the flight at all, Air Canada would have made squat off of carrying my ass up here….

Then, my bag on the way up weighed 55 pounds…they charged me $0 for the bag.

On the way home, the same 55 LBS bag was going to run me an additional $100 surcharge.  When I questioned it, they said I could pay the $100 for the surcharge on one bag or split the bag into two bags and it would have only cost me $25.  Is this principal like magic zip loc back theory?   You know, I can't take more than 3 ounces of fluid through security unless it is in a zip loc bag….as we know zip locs keep explosives from exploding….

But I digress….

So, splitting 55 pounds of weight over two bags makes it worth less of a surcharge?  How do you figure?

So I pulled out an extra bag….and put the extra five pounds in it.  Well, because I was willing to take the extra pounds through as carry on baggage….no additional money.  And this is supposed to make sense, how?