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- Airlines Look into the Brink With Baggage Fees
- The loopy pricing policies of U.S. airlines got a bit saner today with a United Airlines' bag-checking program that could signal a reversal, or at least a halt, to tacky add-on fees that struggling carriers first instituted when fuel prices soared. United, the third-largest U.S. airline, is...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
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- Passengers Avoiding Airline Baggage Fees
- It's been going on for a while - or as long as there have been baggage check fees - as anyone who's been on a flight can attest. Instead of paying $25 to check a bag, many passengers are taking an oversize carry-on onboard in hopes of a gatecheck for free. Chances...
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- United Airlines adjusts overweight baggage fees.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2003-UNITED AIRLINES: United Airlines adjusts overweight baggage feesC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01232003 CHICAGO -- United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) announced today that it will eliminate the current $80 fee for overweight checked baggage on domestic flights and replace it...
- Research articles 2003-01-24
- American Airlines modifies overweight baggage fees.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-12 December 2002-American Airlines: American Airlines modifies overweight baggage feesC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12122002 Fort Worth, Texas -- American Airlines and American Eagle announced today a reduction in overweight baggage fees from US$80 to US$50 on checked items over 70...
- Research articles 2002-12-12
- Airlines May Copy Delta's Baggage Fees.
- By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 10--Delta Air Lines changed its excess baggage charges for overweight baggage this month and other full-fare carriers are expected to follow suit. Delta changed its fee structure...
- Research articles 2003-02-10
- Delta to increase baggage fees
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has announced that it will be increasing baggage fees for both international and domestic flights. The fee changes include an increase to the charge for checking a second piece of luggage on domestic flights from USD25 to USD50...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Clear, a service provider of registered traveler lanes at U.S. airports, has opened an enrollment center at Little Rock National Airport on the baggage/ticketing level, near the escalators from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
- Clear, a service provider of registered traveler lanes at U.S. airports, has opened an enrollment center at Little Rock National Airport on the baggage/ticketing level, near the escalators from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Clear will serve all travelers on all airlines when it opens its security checkpoint lane...
- Research articles 2007-08-20
- US Airways Amends Checked Baggage Policy
- TEMPE, Ariz. -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today announced it will implement a $25 service fee for a second checked bag. The fee applies to travel that occurs on or after May 5, 2008.
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Travel Roundup: Congress' Cuba Travel Bill, US Airways Drops Drink Fee, Air Canada Faces Bankruptcy and More
- Cuba travel bill in Congress -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed a bill that would allow Americans to travel legally to Cuba for the first time in 46 years, but pro-embargo opponents want to stop it. Called the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act, the bill has had similar predecessors...
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- United Airlines Lowers Threshold for Overweight-Baggage Fee.
- By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-01-24
- Delta Says It Will Charge $40 for Third Checked Bag.
- By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 16--Air travelers got another incentive to travel light when Delta Air Lines said it will charge $40 for a third checked bag. The extra baggage fee -- which some of...
- Research articles 2002-08-16
- United, US Airways add checked-bag fee
- CHICAGO -- Baggage fees are fast becoming an unavoidable part of U.S. flying: Three of the largest carriers now charge $15 for a first checked bag. No. 2 United Airlines and No. 7 US Airways announced their new fees on Thursday, three weeks after No. 1 American Airlines...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Flyers Sour on Alaska's Checked-Bag Fee
- Alaska Airlines announced last week it will start charging each passenger $15 for their first checked bag, a move that's not sitting well with frequent passengers of the Seattle-based airline. Alaska was slow to adopt checked-bag fees, and it announced the move after reporting a quarterly loss...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- United's new twist on fees: $249 for a year of checked luggage
- United has rolled out a new twist on baggage fees, something that The Associated Press describes as "a sort of all-you-can-carry fee for luggage." AP writes "the airline said travelers could pay $249 for the right to check two bags every time they fly United or United Express for a...
- News items 2009-10-06
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- An increasing number of businesses, from hotels to cell phone providers, are advertising bargain prices and then tacking on hidden fees and charges to boost the final cost. Here's how you can fight back. “The...
- Articles 2009-10-08
- J.D. Power Banking Survey Shows Drop in Customer Satisfaction
- Although American Airlines has been aptly criticized for introducing a ludicrous baggage-check fee, at least the company was upfront about it. Banks have been levying dubiously disclosed "stealth fees" against customers for years for unintentional overdrafts and cash advances, and the latest survey of customer banking satisfaction from J.D. Power...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Travel Roundup: Checked-Bag Fees Stay, Cruise Ship Investigation, Kansas Amtrak Study and More
- Checked-bag fees likely to stay -- The checked-bag fee was originally created to offset the price of oil, but now it's being used to offset the economy. Despite passenger complaints, customers are still paying airlines around $15 for the first checked bag and $25 for the second. With an estimated $4 billion loss...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Travel Roundup: MGM Mirage backs CityCenter, Hawaii's Rail Transit, Ryanair Battles Birds and More
- MGM Mirage and partner Dubai World commit to $1.6 billion for Las Vegas Strip project -- MGM Mirage and Dubai World seem determined about the MGM Mirage CityCenter project. Both joint-venture partners agreed to back the Las Vegas Strip project even if they can't get outside financing. The CityCenter project, a $9.2 billion mixed-use development,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Why I Don't Hate the Airlines
- [caption id="attachment_328" align="alignnone" width="302" caption="You sometimes have to fly to Dallas or Atlanta to get to Minneapolis from New York. "][/caption] I just returned from visiting mom in Minneapolis, and I have to say that the trip gave me a renewed understanding of what the airlines are...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- American's Pilot Fighting for Compensation Restoration Once Again
- American's Pilot Fighting for Compensation Restoration Once AgainRE: American's Pilot Fighting for Compensation Restoration Once AgainCrank said..." The thing that’s really just amazing here is that the laws of supply and demand show that when fares go up, demand goes down. So, what happens when demand goes down? The pilots...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
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