OK, I’ll bite.
As I understand the points above, you are attempting to argue that by taking all of your bags as hand-luggage you are saving the airline money as you do not utilize baggage-handling ?
- All of the infrastructure (conveyer belts, software) is already in place. It is a sunk cost. Whether 1, 10 or 100 passengers make use of the facility the cost is basically the same.
- Next time you are in the lounge take a look at the volume of bags being loaded into the belly of the aircraft. When you get on board have a look at the overhead lockers – squint your eyes and mentally load all of those additional bags into the restricted locker space. Not easy is it ?. I’m guessing 70/80% of all pax bags are loaded into the bowels of the aircraft ?. ...