Like our readers, the staff of Global Traveler gets around the world in style. Kim Krol recently took a flight on Etihad Airways’ first-class product, and she said it was dreamy. Alex Young often travels around the world and recently returned from Dubai — business class, I would guess. GT also has journalists hitting the runways from Arik Air (Nigeria) to United Airlines (first class). I am on a US Airways flight, taking my annual trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I am flying what I call “reverse first,” the back of the plane. My colleague and I checked in for our flight and dropped our golf bags at the baggage clerk for US Airways, who was less than friendly. He made us open our bags to prove that we “just had clubs” in the bag, because otherwise we would be charged an oversized bag fee. We all know that US Airways is a discount carrier under the guise of a real airline, but are they going a little too far? He also told my colleague that his razor may be confiscated by the TSA. What? Of course, it was not confiscated. I guess the guy was hiding in the dark passages of the baggage transfer belts. It’s not September 2001 any more. Anyway, get with it, US Airways. Beating up your customers — ones who have already paid a baggage fee — is unprofessional. — Fran Gallagher, publisher and CEO