As predicted the day before yesterday, United Airlines has increased its baggage fees to $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second. This brings them in line with Delta Air Lines and Continental who increased their baggage charges earlier this month. USAirways added to their fees last month.
The only holdout among the legacy carriers is American Airlines, who is expected to announce their increase imminently. American was actually the leader in the original baggage fee frenzy.
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While Delta announced a reduction in award-ticket fuel surcharges, a drop in the telephone reservation fee and the elimination of the curbside check-in fee, they add a first-checked-bag fee. In the end customers lose.
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The airline world is being roiled by an “unbundling” trend. Once the costs of baggage, meals, drinks, pillows and blankets were included in fares. Today, most airlines are beginning to charge for these as extras — add-ons to the basic charge of getting passengers from Point A to Point B. But not all of them.
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