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Today: August 5, 2026
August 5, 2026
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Keep calm and carry on: two travellers weigh in on Jetstar’s new overhead locker baggage fees

Is the budget airline’s plans to charge for carry-on bag storage a tax on bad behaviour, or just plain old price gouging? Two Guardian staffers check in

In significant news for budget travellers, Jetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the overhead locker. Will the new rules finally bring an end to the entitled carry-on culture, where people hold up the airline just to jam their oversized suitcase into the overhead locker? Or is it just another way for cut-price airlines to gouge passengers?

Two well-travelled Guardian staffers battle it out.

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