Airlines checked bag fees skyrocket According the the Government Accountability Office, airlines collected $7.1 billion in revenue from checked bag and changed reservations fees in the past 12 months! Now, that’s a lot of zeroes (nine by our count). Is it getting better? Ummm…nope. The airlines’s total haul for bag fees was a record $1.2…

What you need to know about Basic Economy In recent months, the three major US airlines have announced a new class of fare called “Basic Economy.” Intended to offer lower cost airfare to compete with low cost carriers such as Southwest, JetBlue, and Spirit; these fares come without some features that have always been considered…

Entrepreneur Magazine names LugLess to its 100 Brilliant Companies list Each year, the good people at Entrepreneur compile an exclusive list of the “ideas, companies, applications and inventions that have amazed us with their unique solutions to common problems or marketplace voids, executed in forms both ultra high tech and strikingly simple.” Well, in 2014,…

All press is good press, right guys? …guys? Spoiler alert: Shark Tank didn’t go exactly as planned, but LugLess founder Brian Altomare sat down with The Huffington Post to relive getting “eaten alive” on Shark Tank…or something like that. HuffPo wasn’t a whole lot easier on Brian than the Sharks, but he makes the point…

LugLess featured on Season 4 of Shark Tank So, we tanked a bit on Shark Tank. (insert sad trombone sound) However, that didn’t stop viewers from seeing the benefits of our luggage shipping service. I mean who wants to lug bags through an airport? Or rent a U Haul when you could simply ship your…