How some passengers are avoiding paying checked baggage fees -- hint, it's very annoying


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One downside to mobile check-ins for airlines is that flyers are bypassing attendants with their oversized luggage and airlines, unwilling to delay takeoff, will let the passenger on without paying the fee.

In the first six months of 2012, the nation's largest airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in fees to check baggage. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="233"] Photo by Rob Faulkner.[/caption] One way to avoid such fees is to fly an airline such a