Mantra of the Day: I have no plans to bail out the airlines any further.
Airlines are getting way out of control with crazy fees. On one of my international jaunts late last year, I paid more than $100 each way for my luggage and the airline had the nerve to lose one of my bags!
Somehow, airlines managed to survive for so many years without charging per bag. Now, nearly all of them are charging increasingly ridiculous fees for travelers' checked luggage, and the fees often rise depending on weight. If you're like me and tend to shop a bit while you're traveling, this is very uncool because even if you manage to escape the fees on the way to your destination city, they'll get you on the way back, if you're not careful.
The travel experience is worsened when you're standing in line behind people who try to repack their belongings at the check-in desk.
Enter my new must-have gadget and current giveaway item: the digital luggage scale. Balanzza makes a variety of portable scales, some of them even come equipped with an alarm clock and a flashlight!
Balanzza's Digital Luggage Scale weighs only 10 ounces and it's strong enough to weigh up to 100 pounds (45 kilograms). In short, we jet-setters-in-training need one of these, now!
If you don't want to wait, you can buy one now at the Balanzza online store.
So, here are the rules:
1. You can receive 1 entry for sharing a luggage nightmare story below (e.g., lost luggage, crazy fees, etc.). If you don't have any luggage nightmare stories, not to worry, Lucky! Simply add a relevant comment to any of my other blog posts. Spam and single-word comments don't count.
2. You can receive a 2nd bonus entry for sending a tweet about the giveaway on Twitter. Be sure to reference my Twitter account - @avapierce - in your announcement so that you receive your bonus entry. (There's a maximum of 2 entries per person for this giveaway.)
3. Comments left prior to today will not count as entries into the giveaway.
4. The giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.
5. The winner will be selected using Random.org and will be announced on my blog and via Twitter on Monday, July 20. The winner must contact me by e-mail (ava at avapierce dot com) within three days of the announcement to claim their prize. If the winner does not claim their prize within that time period, another name will immediately be drawn for the prize.
Have questions about the giveaway? Post a comment below or send me a message: ava at avapierce dot com. Good luck and I can't wait to read and respond to your comments!
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