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Guide to Airline Fees
It’s been a crazy year for airline fees. Unbundling has become a four letter word for people who rely on discount plane tickets to get around. Nowadays the cheapest ticket doesn’t always equal the least amount spent. With the airlines unbundling their services, the lowest price usually comes with the most hitches (eg, fees for luggage, seat requests, food, drinks, blankets, smiles and warm cozy feelings).
Fortunately for us Smarter Travel has taken the liberty of composing a chart to keep the endless fees organized. They’ve compiled the info in a handy pdf file to download and print off if you like. Click on the screen shot below for the chart.
If you’ve been reading this blog you’ll know I’m not a big fan of airline fees. The act of reducing prices only to increase the number of fees attached to it is (I feel) simply criminal. So with this in mind you can understand my position about the new $10 “peak travel” surcharge several airlines are now adding: I’m against it.
American Airlines, the biggest “fee-devil”, instituted the surcharge on Sept 23 for travel on the 13 days around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, and also certain holidays in March and April of 2010. Since then several of their competitors jumped on the bandwagon.
The airlines are endlessly tacking on fees. What is next?
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