Delta Airlines Charges Returning U.S. Soldiers Extra Baggage Fees

[Pilotguy]

ATLANTA - A unit of U.S. Army soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan said Delta Air Lines charged them as much as $2,800 in luggage fees on a flight from Baltimore to Atlanta.

While on board Delta Air Lines flight 1625 Tuesday morning, a pair of soldiers from the unit, Staff Sergeants Fred Hilliker and Robert O'Hair shot a video complaining about baggage charges. In the video, the soldiers contend that they were permitted by their orders to check as many as four bags, free of charge, on their return trip from Afghanistan.

When the soldiers arrived at the airport in Baltimore, a Delta representative told them that they were only authorized to check three bags for free. "We found out we had too many bags," O'Hair said.

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