Jetstar to charge passengers for overhead locker access

7 Jetstar to charge passengers for overhead locker access Jetstar's seven kilogram carry-on rule is changing. Instead, from February next year, you'll be able to bring a backpack no bigger than this free of charge on board, but it has to fit under the seat in front of you. If you want to access the overhead lockers on any Jetstar flight for a bag like this, you'll need to pay. Jetstar says the rule is about making it more efficient in the boarding process, because flights keep getting held up by people stuffing around trying to find room in the overhead lockers. Passengers are a little more cynical. Passengers are a little more cynical. Jetstar CEO Our new carry-on baggage model provides more choice to customers while helping to keep Jetstar's fares low. You only pay for what you need. Travelling with less means paying less, and you can always add more if you need. Oh, that's that's a bit steep, isn't it? I'd probably just bring a little bag that could stick under the chair. Yeah. Probably wouldn't pay $25. Sounds a bit extreme. So I think that's a great idea because some people have humongous bags everything just goes up there and why not? Not surprised. Not surprised. Everything's going up. So how much will it cost? Well on a Sydney to Melbourne flight priority carry-on as it's being called will cost $33. But that is dynamically priced, so it could change according to demand. You also get priority boarding with that but the availability of that priority carry-on will be limited. If it's a full flight, you might not be able to purchase room in that overhead locker. The changes come in from February next year. There is one overarching rule, no bag that you take on board in the cabin can be more than ten kilograms.