Delta Air: Where, Oh Where Did My Little Bag Go?

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Remember Guess-Your-Weight Pitches At Carnivals?

If the guess was wrong, you got money. According to the London Sun, soon airlines may require passengers to be weighed before boarding. And if they determine you’re overweight, you’ll have to pay them more money.

The reason is that a plane full of heavy passengers uses up more fuel, thus costing the airline higher expenses. So, unless you’re ok with giving the airline fat cat executives heavier salaries, try to slim down for future flights. For more info, go to www.thesun.co.uk/travel/8895844/passengers-weighed-flights-airlines-save-fuel

Delta Air: Where, Oh Where Did My Little Bag Go?

Remember when they started injecting little ID beepers under the skin of pet dogs and cats? It allowed owners to more quickly recover them when they wandered off. Now, Delta Airlines is using computer bleeps to cut back on lost and misdirected luggage.

No, they’re not injecting passengers with beepers. Just their bags. As each is placed on the conveyor belt, a small computer signal IDs it for that specific flight. If no signal, a red light flashes, and the belt would stop until a Delta baggage handler sends the bag on a correct route.

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