Airfare by weight - coming soon?

Want to save cash on airfares? Better put down that donut. Airline industry analysts say they predict the time coming very soon when your cost of flying will depend on your weight.

Why? The more you weigh, the more fuel is needed to get to your destination. Most airlines began charging hefty fees for checked bags, removing extra weight from planes in the form of extra drinks and magazines, and even requiring overweight passengers to purchase an extra seat (though we have yet to hear of this one actually being enforced).

NY consultant Robert Mann says he sees passengers being charged by bag and body weight, like cargo.

"It's the way cargo flies; if something is twice the weight, you pay twice as much," Mann said. The essential to budget travel is to plan onward. When it comes to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved vacations and/or going to see new places we have never been before, the fact of cost and budgeting is generally in the back of our minds. Organizing and spending our travel budget properly is a consideration for most families. Minimizing consuming and costs, while still experiencing your vacation to its fullest, is the key to assured achievement and fiscal obligation. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The reasoning regarding economizing money while journeying is simple: Even if your personal budget is highly tight, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or departing the homestead! Also remembering that while traveling, regardless of whether on a resources or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a huge vacation or travel bill!. "It might be widely pooh-poohed, but if fuel goes back to being as expensive as it was, there will be some more of these public articulations."

Another analyst, Zeke Adkins, sees it happening sooner rather than later.

"I don't know (that) it will happen in the next four or five months, but in the next year or 18 months, airlines will have to start taking this into account," Adkins said. "Remember, two years ago, charging for a bag seemed pretty far out there."

But advocates for the overweight fear this could stigmatize heavy customers.

"If some kind of increased fee is going to be inevitable, they need to find ways to charge those fees without humiliating people," said Rebecca Puhl of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. "I just don't see how all this can be implemented in a way that is effective and fair."

Just in case - if you want that cheap flight next year, better start hitting the gym now.

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