• CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
      47·
      9 months ago

      I can just see the travel tips article telling you to go donate blood and take diuretics before you get weighed for your ticket

      • niktemadur@lemmy.world
        91·
        9 months ago

        I can see a class action lawsuit if they ever switch to that. And I imagine there wouldn’t be that risk if airlines had priced their tickets based on weight from the very start back in the Roaring Twenties.

    • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
      127·
      9 months ago

      Said by someone who hasn’t thought this through at all.

      People would intentionally dehydrate themselves to save money, it’s dangerous.

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
        127·
        9 months ago

        If you’re so poor you have to dehydrate yourself pre flight to save 2kgs of weight you shouldn’t be spending your money on plane tickets.

        • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
          91·
          9 months ago

          It’s not that they necessarily have to, some people will anyway to save a buck. And then you’re just incentivising dangerous behavior.

      • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        that’s amazing! I wonder why children got a further discount. I wonder if it’s a coincidence they are no longer flying.