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(CNN) – Latest roundup of travel news: a guide to packing what you need in a backpack, along with new unwelcome American visa fees, how airlines fight the “scourge” of excess luggage.
Michael O’Leary, the well-known outspoken CEO of Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, confirmed Monday that agents identifying and charging large bags will get a bonus of around 1.50 euros (or $1.75).
The airline is “actively in eliminating passenger tragedy with excess luggage,” he told RTé’s Morning Ireland, saying, “We are thinking of increasing the number of agent committees.”
O’Leary also declared that due to the recent push for airlines to increase free carry-on baggage allowances, there is no possibility of it being handed over to the law due to lack of aircraft space.
“We mainly fly full flights. About half of our passengers bring two bags and the other half can only carry one, because that’s all that’s what fits on the plane,” he said.
O’Leary is the only airline CEO to comment on the Agent Commission. However, leaked emails widely reported by UK outlets after the Jersey Evening Post scoop are said to have revealed that staff at several UK airports will receive a fee to find the oversized bags of budget airline EasyJet.
When contacted by CNN, the airport’s ground handling company Swissport said, “We will apply their policies under the terms of the contract to serve the airline’s customers and manage the business.”
EasyJet told CNN that its ground processing agents are being employed by third parties that directly manage the agent’s compensation without airline supervision.
“EasyJet is focused on ensuring that our ground handling partners apply our policies correctly and equitably to all our customers,” the spokesman said.
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Low-toll airlines in the US have also appeared in the headlines as Southwest Airlines announced the opening dates for allocated seats this week and ended its trademark open seating policy.
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Having been unwelcome news for the US tourism industry, visitors to the US who need to enter their visas should immediately spew a $250 “visa integrity fee.”
The idea is that when everything goes smoothly and visitors leave the country on time and without any issues, they will get their money back.
“No one knows how it works,” says CNN Anchor Richard Quest in this explainer video. The quest predicts that visitors may already be “not very welcome at this time because the awareness is in the US,” and that many possible arrivals may not arrive at all.
The US is also once again slipping into the Henry Passport Index’s Global Passport Power Rankings, looking to drop out of the top 10 completely.
It is the lowest in the United States in the 20-year history of the index, tracking the number of destinations citizens can enter without a visa.
In happy news, Indian and Chinese travelers are celebrating the end of the visa freeze between the two most populous countries in the world as a thawing of diplomatic tensions. This is how everything works.
Her boyfriend fell asleep on the train.
She then talked about her six-hour journey with her future husband.
Just cool it down.
The US debate is heated about European iceless drinks.
They live in paradise.
However, daily life is more complicated.
