FYI, United to start charging for skycap at Midway.

[Alice Sr.]

This article was in Crain's Chicago Business May 2, 2005 issue.

"United Airlines is charging $2 for each bag checked curbside, in lieu of tipping skycaps, under a program being tested at Midway Airport and a handful of other locations. The airline, in a message to employees Friday, says the initiative helps cover the cost of running curbside stations and ends confusion over how much to tip."

 

[safetymom]

Still don't understand the logic of this. So how do the skycaps make their money when this starts?

So I would have to pay $2 for each bag along with any tip. I guess I will be checking in at the kiosk inside now. I have been tipping all along so don't understand what the extra $2 gets me. I already check in online.

 

[Alice Sr.]

I know, I thought the same thing. I pretty much always tip $2 a bag, so to me it seems like a way to take part of the skycaps tips to supplement their operational costs. I don't know but I'll be checking in, inside also if this is ever implemented at O'hare.