airline fees

Airlines can charge us for everything from peanuts to pillows and apparently, we still love them regardless. At least that's the finding of a new survey, which found that overall satisfaction with airlines improved last year, even as carriers hit passengers with more ancillary fees. Apparently the...

Passengers paid out billions of dollars last year in airline fees for everything from checking their bags, bringing their pets on board and making changes to a reservation, according to a new government report. Carriers raked in $7.8 billion in revenues from ancillary fees in 2009, up 42% from a...

It looks like Spirit Airlines' plan for a new up to $45 fee to put luggage in overhead bins is backfiring. No, it's not yet clear if any passengers are avoiding the airline. The fee doesn't start until Aug. 1. It is in where the fee is backfiring. The fee has infuriated some senators. It's also...

Continental is joining most other airlines in eliminating its free meals on shorter flights. Now, along with your turkey sandwich, you could be paying extra for baggage, early boarding, more legroom, and even a pillow and blanket.

Hey, is the recession over or something? Must be, because the airlines have suddenly decided to go crazy, raising our baggage fees again. Continental started it, hiking its domestic rates a jaw-dropping $10, from $15 to $25 for the first bag. The second bag now costs $35, up from $25.

On Monday, United Airlines (UAUA) unveiled the latest move in the airlines' game of let's-find-another-fee. The carrier's new program, Premier Baggage, is a year-long subscription costing $249 that enables customers to carry on up to two bags per passenger per flight without any additional fees....

An internal memo at British Airways has been leaked, and it portends a gloomy next step for the major carriers. As of Oct. 7, the airline confirmed to WalletPop, everyone flying on its jets will have to pay extra if they want a seat assignment before they get to the airport. Up to now, that's...

Now that airline fees are part of the furniture, we venture to the next new wrinkle in the sky. Airlines, knowing their bottom lines depend on surcharges, are learning to make those surcharges less painful by offering higher quality for them -- or, at least, pretending to. Take Midwest Airlines....

That "ding" sound you hear on Southwest Airlines flights isn't its lovable commercials, but cash registers ringing for charging passengers who just insist on being first onboard the plane.Southwest Airlines on Thursday is starting its $10 "EarlyBird Check-in" program, joining the airline game of...

The British, as a culture, have come a long way since swiping the Elgin Marbles from Greece. They still won't give them back, of course, but the British are nonetheless inscrutably accountable these days. If their elected leaders so much as replace a broken water heater on the public dime, the...