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Increasing airline baggage fees displayed in pretty colors and numbers
This chart shows the increase in airline baggage fees during the the last couple of quarters. As you can see, American Airlines and Delta Airlines grew from around 40 million Dollars in Q2 2008 to 118 million Dollars in Q2 of this year. You did read that correctly - they each made 118 million Dollars in just one quarter, just off baggage fees.
The total money generated from baggage fees in 2009 between these 10 carriers is 1.23 billion Dollars. And those numbers are only for the first two quarters. With the current new generation of baggage fees, we are on track to reach about 3 billion Dollars for the entire year.
Baggage fees are here to stay, and when you see that airlines can make 118 million in just a couple of months, you'll understand why.
(Data based off Department Of Transportation data)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LisRiba Sep 27th 2009 2:01PM
They should've included Southwest, just to be fair...
thiefhunter Sep 27th 2009 7:47PM
Flew a one-hour domestic leg on Japan's Air Do yesterday. Between the two of us, we had just the allowable check-in luggage (by weight and number of pieces). Then they looked at our roll-ons—totally standard, we fly with them every few days—and suggested we check them. Why? They won't fit in the overhead. How small is the plane? 2-3-2 config. In Japan, a suggestion is the same as an order. We had to check our roll-ons, for which they charged over $200.
Yep, plenty of huge overhead bins on board. Nope, they never filled up. Our bags would have fit without a problem.
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Guest Oct 28th 2009 7:41AM
On my Holiday to Singapore from Mumbai we were asked to open our Bags at the airport by the Authorities. I was thankfully carrying Samsonite Bags which has sorted compartments which made the checking easier and faster.
Got out within 15 minutes,
That’s the reason i would suggest a Samsonite to every traveler.
It’s user friendly, easy to handle, light in weight and pretty affordable.
The Link would be of a lot of help
bit.ly/4nVn01
Lisa Nov 3rd 2009 4:01AM
Hey a similar incident happened with me at the Bangalore airport,
i checked out the link you posted,
got lots of info,
Thanks