A New Airline Add-on Fee: That's the Spirit!

Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:52 EDT - The Curious Capitalist

Spirit Air, which has been leading the charge when it comes to airfare add-ons, has one upped itself. Passengers will now have to pay $5 if the airline prints out a boarding pass for them. It's a cheeky, you-gotta-be -kidding-me move for passengers who last year got hit with a baggage fee—that is, carry one [...]

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Americans Spent More Than $6 Billion On Airline Fees Last Year
What's the true price of flying? It's much more than the price of a ticket. And it has been for a long time. Last year, Americans likely spent more than $6 billion in baggage, cancellation, and change fees, on top of their ticket price, in 2012.
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Ugh, More Airline Fees: Want a Decent Seat on Southwest? Pay Up
Et tu, Southwest? A relative absence of fees and an overall non-elitist, democratic approach to airline travel are among the reasons Southwest Airlines has been so successful. A new fee — $40 to be among the first on the plane — could cancel out some of the goodwill built up by the carrier over the years. By now, fliers probably shouldn’t be surprised by any new airline fee.
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One Airline That Stubbornly Refuses to Pile on the Fees (For Now)
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One Airline That Stubbornly Refuses to Pile on the Fees (For Now)
Most airlines view fees for baggage and ticket changes as easy, highly lucrative revenue streams. Southwest Airlines views them quite differently: If it added baggage fees on par with other carriers, Southwest says it would lose roughly $1 billion. When United Airlines increased ticket change fees to $200 (up from $150), the assumption was that competitors would follow suit. Well, airlines are just so predictable. To almost no one’s surprise, American, US Airways, and Delta are now also charging a $200 fee to any passenger hoping to change flight plans within the U.S.
American Air Carriers Really Jacked Up Fees In 2012
In 2012, 14 major American airlines instituted 52 fee changes, nearly all of them designed to take more money out of travelers' pockets.
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IBTraveler -- Spirit Airlines announced this week that it would add a $2 "unintended consequences fee" to all tickets due to new federal regulation aimed at protecting consumers. The "Department of Transportation Unintended Consequences Fee" was added to each ticket effective immediately and is a direct response to new DOT rules put in place Jan.

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