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Air Miles vs Low Fare Airline

Looking for flights to Europe on which to spend my miles and being astonished by the fees, I had a look on the Norwegian site and was amazed in the other direction, by how cheap the fares were from the West Coast.  Until I started trying to…

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Airfares have remained flat for 20+ years

  It might not seem like it but base airfares have remained flat (and in some routes have even decreased) for over two decades when adjusted for inflation.  That definitely goes against consumers perceptions that it’s costing more to fly….

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Those darn airline fees just set a new record!

You see baggage, the airlines see even bigger profits.       Photo: Jarcje / Wikimedia   Those darn bag fees, change fees, fee fees and more just keep piling up at America’s airlines. For the first quarter of 2015, they set a…

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Very successful and equally unpopular

  US airlines collected a staggering US$6.4 billion in baggage and trip change fees in 2014.  Baggage fees increased 5.3% in 2014 to $3.5 billion, with Delta leading the pack at $875 million dollars.  Change fees increased 5.7% in 2014…

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Airports, Airlines battle over passenger fees

It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…

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Air Miles vs Low Fare Airline

Looking for flights to Europe on which to spend my miles and being astonished by the fees, I had a look on the Norwegian site and was amazed in the other direction, by how cheap the fares were from the West Coast.  Until I started trying to…

Read More

Airfares have remained flat for 20+ years

  It might not seem like it but base airfares have remained flat (and in some routes have even decreased) for over two decades when adjusted for inflation.  That definitely goes against consumers perceptions that it’s costing more to fly….

Read More

Very successful and equally unpopular

  US airlines collected a staggering US$6.4 billion in baggage and trip change fees in 2014.  Baggage fees increased 5.3% in 2014 to $3.5 billion, with Delta leading the pack at $875 million dollars.  Change fees increased 5.7% in 2014…

Read More

Airports, Airlines battle over passenger fees

It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…

Read More