United to require minimum stays for nearly all domestic flights starting in Oct

no one buys tickets one way in America. That is truly a Japanese thing. One way fares are almost the same as round trip.

United and US Airways last week joined American Airlines in charging passengers $15 to check their first piece of luggage.

That is completely outrageous. Who travels with their life in a tote bag? And by new flight rules you cant have any bathroom stuff in it. Basically, they are charging you $15 for something that your ticket should pay for in the first place. That is basically extortion.

If oil gets much more expensive they'll have to bring back zeppelins.

Basically you'll have to pay more if you don't want to stay. One of the example routes was Minneapolis to Chicago. There are a lot of business travelers who do day trips between the two cities. Leave in the morning, have your meeting, come back in the evening. Both Northwest and United have 10+ flights daily. If Northwest doesn't follow suite United is going to lose a business to them.

This article is pooorly written. Travelers will still be able to buy tickets without minimum stays but will be paying a premium for them. It will punish the business travelers mostly. Should the $15/bag fee be included in the ticket price. Lots of the business travelers who are being hit by the new policy don't have any checked baggage. It would be a double whammy to hit them up on that. Fuel surcharges is where the airlines are really exploiting the customers now. JAL just announced a $1000 fuel surcharge on top of the ticket price for its Sydney-London route.

The worst airlines I have flown are USA based airlines... service anyone? its not just a word.