http://xlcountry.com Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://xlcountry.com/an-airline-is-now-charging-people-by-weight/ http://xlcountry.com/an-airline-is-now-charging-people-by-weight/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:48:56 +0000 Colleen O'Quinn http://xlcountry.com/?p=186418 I can't even imagine how embarrassing this would be.  To have someone look me up and down and then charge me more to get on the plane depending on how much I weigh.   Unless they ask me to get on the scale with my luggage, they're getting the wrong weight, because I lie about it.

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