You're charging me for what?! Airline fees way up since January 1

[PhiGam]

It cost me $50 to bring my golf bag up here (MI), $25 each way on Delta. You're only allowed to check ONE bag now.

Originally Posted by PhiGam

It cost me $50 to bring my golf bag up here (MI), $25 each way on Delta. You're only allowed to check ONE bag now.

You're allowed to bring as many bags as you want. They just charge you after the first bag.

But of course that can all change when the carriers decide to follow American and start charging for ALL checked bags.

I flew United about 10 days ago, (the first time since Xmas) and was surprised that they changed their checked luggage policy. Now you're only permitted one checked bag, each one after that is $25. I ended up caring my hanging bag on the plane with me as carryon.

Now that American is charging $15 per checked bag, I'm reasonably certain that I'm going to become a Northwest/Frontier flyer only. This stuff is CRAZY

Kitso
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[jon1856]

I found, in my mailbox, this rather good article from Frommers about Airlines and all of the new fees they are charging. A few I had not heard of and are a bit surprising:
Airline Fees Take Off into the Stratosphere

By Sascha Segan
May 27, 2008
Call it the Summer of Fees. We've all gotten used to a bunch of extra fees from airlines, some reasonable, some irritating. But this summer travel season is taking the fee frenzy to new heights -- levels that might even delay planes and increase air rage. Here are the ones you really have to look out for.....
http://www.frommers.com/articles/5211.html