FT: Ryanair to charge fee for luggage check-in

The unbundling of passenger travel continues. The European discount carrier Ryanair will start charging £2.50 for each checked bag--while planning to cut each ticket by a like amount. The carrier estimates that half its passengers check only one bag. Those who carry on--up to 10kg, or 22 pounds, allowed--will save money.

Will this practice spread to other carriers? If it goes down OK with Ryanair's customers, the answer is probably yes.

Something tells me that the people who claim they want Amtrak "run like a business" didn't have this particular business in mind.