SOUTHWEST charging plus-size passengers ‘fat tax’. When your first-class ‘flight’ turns out to be a bus ride
Kari McCaw was flying with co-workers to attend a conference in Las Vegas last month when Southwest Airlines employees stopped her at the ticket counter. The agents’ message was clear — either buy a second seat for herself or don’t fly. McCaw is not alone in her experience. In January, Southwest’s popular “customer of size” …