# Why dont we pay for flights by weight?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-pay-for-flights-by-weight/182186>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-pay-for-flights-by-weight/182186 "2003-06-16T11:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![lite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@lite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lite)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-pay-for-flights-by-weight/182186/21 "2003-06-17T11:44:42Z")

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you guysare so close to the answer I can’t believe I have to point it out.

As for-profit companies, airlines need to find ways to turn a profit for the shareholders (bitching about stock losses? You’d be happy if your portflio companies were this good).

Buy limiting weight, the airline can tackon a surcharge to bring in more money. Same as a hotel charging extra for your kid who will sleep in the same bed anyway.

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