American Airlines charging war-bound U.S. soldiers extra baggage fees
Think Progress -- American Airlines charging troops extra baggage fees on way to war zones.
Update: They are rescinding the fees after the public embarassment.
American Airlines is charging U.S. soldiers high baggage fees — often amounting to several hundred dollars — to take their military luggage with them when they are flying off to war. American has defended the practice, saying that the Pentagon usually reimburses the troops later. CNN reports:
“These young troops are going to war,” [Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman Joe Davis] said. “There’s a lot more on their mind than to have to worry or try to remember to get a hundred dollars reimbursed to them when they get into a war zone.” . . .