Comments on: Current airline fees: yikes! http://www.practicalhacks.com/2009/06/23/current-airline-fees-yikes/ Gadgets, gear, and greatness for people on the go Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Scott http://www.practicalhacks.com/2009/06/23/current-airline-fees-yikes/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 Scott Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.practicalhacks.com/?p=6259#comment-3413 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/2010/02/21/business/21service.html?pagewanted=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. 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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