Click on the following link for a complete rundown of current airline fees (booking, ticket changes, baggage charges, buying miles, beverages, snacks, use of lavatory, (I made up that last one), etc. etc. etc.) which was compiled by USA Today’s Gary Stoller:
Charts: Airline Fees (USA Today)
NOTE: these fees are subject to change!
Related article at the MSN Money Blog. One factoid from the article: US Airways will generate $500M this year via these fees. The central question is: does this business model make sense? Or are the airlines just alienating their customers… er, further alienating their customers?
How do you feel about these fees??
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March 4th, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Fees are getting worse. $3.8B alone was generated with the bag fee in 2009. Now airlines are starting to charge for more legroom in coach. A great article in the NY Times address this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02.....gewanted=1
I don’t know where it’s going, but there’s a lot to dislike about it. Airlines need to be profitable because we need the service, but the nickel and diming is going to alienate passengers and could have a profound effect on travel.
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