American, Virgin add fees; Boston has free Wi-Fi
March 11th, 2010 admin

By Joe Brancatelli American Airlines is scrapping free blankets in coach on most flights . Starting May 1, the airline will sell an $8 package that includes a blanket, pillow and discount coupon from a home-goods retailer. Also new in the fee for all from American: a $50 fee to confirm standby travel . Only AAdvantage Elite, premium-class or full-fare-coach fliers are exempt from the charge. Meanwhile, Virgin America has raised its checked-baggage fee to $25 for each bag . Boston/Logan airport now offers free Wi-Fi in its terminals, which is interesting because the airport fought Continental Airlines all the way up to the FCC when Continental made its…
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American Airlines is the last of the so-called legacy carriers to increase its checked baggage fees. Starting with tickets purchased Feb. 1, checked baggage fees will go up to $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second . The fees apply to economy class flights within and between the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Certain...
By Joe Brancatelli After the first full year of charging checked baggage fees on flights , the five remaining legacy carriers are racking up huge annual losses. American Airlines, for example, reported a full-year 2009 loss of $1.5 billion, and Continental reported a 2009 loss of $282 million. On the other hand, Southwest Airlines, the lone carrier...
US Airways is the latest carrier to increase its checked baggage fees. Effective today for flights on or after Feb. 1, checked baggage fees go up to $25 (each way) for the first bag and $35 for the second . Travelers who check bags in advance through the airline’s Web site pay slightly less : $23 for the first bag; $32 for the second. The...
United Airlines is matching the increased checked baggage fees announced earlier this week by Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. Starting Thursday, travelers who book economy class tickets for United flights on or after Jan. 21 will pay checked baggage fees of $25 (each way) for the first bag and $35 for the second . There is a discount...
By Joe Brancatelli Continental Airlines has announced that it will join other legacy carriers by dropping free meals on coach flights . Didn’t know Continental still offered free meals in coach? It did, in meal-time windows that had become so miniscule that you can be forgiven for not knowing. By the fall, free grub in the back of the bus...
Five major airlines have pledged not to charge for carry-on baggage, Sen. Charles Schumer told CNN. His announcement follows Spirit Airlines’ decision two weeks ago to begin charging up to $45 to stow luggage in overhead bins. Schumer was able to personally secure commitments from American Airlines , Delta Air Lines , JetBlue , United Airlines...
Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines are increasing their checked baggage fees. Effective today, a first checked bag on Delta flights will cost $23 each way; a second, $32 , for travelers who prepay on Delta’s Web site. Travelers who wait to check bags at the airport ticket counter, kiosk or curbside will pay more: $25 for the first bag...
Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines are increasing their fees for checked bags. Effective today, a first checked bag on Delta flights will cost $23 each way; a second, $32 , for travelers who prepay on Delta’s Web site. Travelers who wait to check bags at the airport ticket counter, kiosk or curbside will pay more: $25 for the first bag...
A Virgin America passenger carrier. Credit sillygwalio. By Joe Brancatelli Privately-held Virgin America Airlines would have you believe it’s going great guns as it celebrates its third anniversary in August. But the facts, as reflected in the first quarter results that the airline released last month, tell a different story. Yes, the airline...
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