Samoa Air Rolling Out "Pay As You Weigh" Fares

cylonlover writes "Thrifty Samoans looking to take a trip may want to shed a few pounds before booking a flight with Samoan Air after the airline announced the implementation of a 'pay as you weigh' system. Unlike some other airlines that have courted controversy by forcing some obese passengers to purchase two seats, Samoa's national carrier will charge passengers based on their weight." They have a demo fare calculator for the curious.

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Re:More person, more cost. Fine.

[MacGyver2210]

I took a 21h train from Chicago to Boston. If I factor in travel to and from the stations, it was a total of 27 hours. I liked it enough to take it on the way back, too. I would do that every trip I could over ever stepping foot in an airport again.

Don't get me wrong, I love flying, and as a pilot I think GA and private aircraft are wonderful. The airlines are just so shit at providing anything resembling 'service' and the government is so retardedly set on backing the ever-invasive Theatrical Security Agency(at Boston's South Station there was a single cop on the platform, chatting with passengers, with a really friendly dog) that I just won't deal with it anymore.

I'd much rather spend an entire day in a large comfortable seat, with huge windows, tons of leg room, and proper 120v outlets, in a place I can (as far as I can tell) always use my cell phone(even as a tether if the train doesn't have WiFi of its own). If you have trouble working on a train, with its whole cars full of tables, and enormous seatback desks, you are broken as an employee and should probably be fired.

Let's not forget to mention that there are enormous bathrooms, entire dining cars with cheap and normal-sized food, hour-long stops at stations with awesome cafes and restaurants, BEDS(sleeper cars FTW), and even SHOWERS on the train. Flying has become a joke, and if you can afford the time and somewhat higher fare, trains are ALWAYS going to be a better travel experience.