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

US Airways will no longer offer free snacks on domestic flights

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by OTW

US Airways will no longer offer free snacks on domestic flights

Works for me. If you're flying from Pittsburgh International and want to eat something on the plane, you have a whole mall full of choices. If you don't get something, then you always would get exactly 24 nuts/chips/chex mix in a snack pack - if a nut broke in half, 23 nuts and two halves. I once mentioned this at a party, and a few of the others started counting - always twenty-four!

I've heard that American Airlines saved $100,000. per year by putting ONE less olive in each salad served in First Class. If this is USAirways' equivalent, I'm all for it. Too many of my USAirways friends have lost their jobs in the past decade. Check out The New York Times for the full article. I'd rather eat less and pay less - but I'd probably feel differently, if I was regularly flying over 4 hours a week!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by OTW

US Airways will no longer offer free snacks on domestic flights

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO I like their pretzels.

[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

[jubilance1922]

I read today that US Airways will not be serving pretzels anymore. Apparently they can't afford the $0.03 that each bag costs.

[ADqtPiMel]

I fly AirTran a lot since they have a cheapity cheap direct from BWI to the smallish airport that's close to my parents' house. I think they charge for the 2nd checked bag, but I would typically rather eat my own feet than check a bag anyway. They've also started charging you if you want to pick a seat when purchasing the ticket - I think it's like $15 for an emergency exit row ticket and maybe $10 for the first couple of rows. I usually just wait until I check in online and pick the seat closest to the front...no point in paying.

[Rudey]

Netjet it son!

[ASUADPi]

Someone wrote into the AZ Republic and the letter was posted today. They said that the airlines should think of "other" ways to charge people. She even listed examples of paying extra to 1) not be nearing a screaming child 2) not be sitting next to someone who smells (of perfume, cigerettes, etc...) 3) not sitting next to a person who (there is no PC way to say this) is large and is spilling over into your seat.

On long flights, I'd definately pay extra not to sit near a screaming child or next to someone who takes up not only their seat but mine as well.

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

On long flights, I'd definately pay extra not to sit near a screaming child or next to someone who takes up not only their seat but mine as well.

Southwest actually has a policy where they require a person who takes up more than the one seat to buy a second ticket. However its been a bit controversial in the way the decide who fits in the seat and who needs to buy the extra, and what happens if the flight is full and there is no extra seat etc. etc. etc.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

On long flights, I'd definately pay extra not to sit near a screaming child or next to someone who takes up not only their seat but mine as well.

Couldn't fly USAirways, then. They don't take off without the mandatory crying baby.

[TorrentRain]

the major US airlines definitely charge way too much for nothing. I stick with Jet Blue and Virgin America when possible.

[Army Wife'79]

And now today I hear it is $2 per soft drink and $7 per alcoholic drink. Good grief. I'll just bring my own water bottle.