US Airways makes emergency landing in Vegas, Sheraton Miami offers special perks for trained pets, airline fuel surcharge sets record
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surcharges
The most aggravating fees are not for the extras, little and otherwise. The charges that irritate the most are mandatory. Either for something you may not use, or for something that should just be included in the price.
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If you’ve ever looked closely at a final rental car bill, there’s everything from a seemingly endless list of taxes to various “recovery fees.” Most even have a small frequent-flier-mileage surcharge. None of these are even the optional fees such as insurance, damage waivers, extra drivers and fuel.
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The major legacy carriers all announced, seemingly within minutes of each other that they will add surcharges ranging from $10 to $30 for one-way domestic flights on almost every day between June 10 and August 22. Why?
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These days there are so many surcharges and fees on tickets, travelers can be forgiven for getting jaded about just one more, or an increase in any fee. But, from a travel agent and frequent traveler point of view, fuel charges might be the most irritating “added fee.”
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If it wasn’t costing passengers money right at holiday times, it would be funny. The airlines are once again raising fees. They can’t raise airfares because that would make them uncompetitive, but fees seem to be another thing. Bottom line: Plan to spend another $20 round-trip to your holiday travels on high-travel days.
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Here are the Top 10 issues as ranked as “most important” by this Consumer Alliance poll of newsletter readers. Delayed/canceled flights and hidden fees/surcharges topped the list of issues.
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Matthew Darrah is a senior vice president at Enterprise, where he oversees North American operations for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car. I asked him about the summer’s skyrocketing car rental prices and what travelers should do about some of the new fees they’ve seen on their rental bills.
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