[Ads-l] to buy a bag
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat May 5 02:12:24 UTC 2018
So it’s not about buying dope (just in states that allow it, of course)? Dang. Might as well wait till I’m at the airport like usual then.
> On May 4, 2018, at 7:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Frontier Airlines says it's cheaper to "buy a bag online" than to do it at
> the airport - if you still need to buy a bag for your trip.
>
> Turns out it that "buy" means to 'pay to check (a bag or similar item) on
> an airline flight.'
>
> JL
>
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