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Ryanair asks: would you pay for toilet paper?

04/14/09

After alarming travelers with the ‘joke’ about on-board pay-toilets (don’t be surprised…), Ryanair officials asked travelers to send in their own ideas for other discretionary fees that could be charged. They did. As of today (April 14th) close to 45,000 votes have been cast. And sadly, so far more than 20,000 people have voted in […]

In-flight toilet tax? Plumb crazy.

02/27/09

Some folks were predicting that this would be the year that some airlines start charging passengers by weight. But it looks like this will be the year that some airlines – or maybe just those wacky nickel-and-dime’em folks at RyanAir – are going to start charging folks to use the lav. What do you think?

US Airways says “Uncle” on soft drink charges

02/23/09

Starting on March 1, 2008 , passengers on US Airways will once again be able to get soft drinks, juice, coffee, and water for free. US Airways has been charging $2 (in most cases) for these items since August 1, 2008. (First-class passengers and folks traveling on trans-Atlantic flights still received free drinks.) And while […]

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Airfares by weight? One company predicts it will happen.

02/09/09

The folks at Luggage Forward, one of the companies that provides doorstep to destination luggage delivery, is putting out their annual industry report today and, no surprise, they predict that in 2009 travelers will: Be paying increasing baggage fees: “Despite falling fuel prices airlines have determined that baggage fees do not deter people from flying […]

Airport baggage scales: are they balanced?

11/18/08

It’s natural to wonder (or hope) that the bathroom scale is wrong when you weigh in each morning. At the airport, it’s a different story entirely. Airlines have been getting strict about charging passengers for overweight bags to the tune of millions of dollars each year. But last week, the Arizona Department of Weights and […]

Get out your tape measure

10/24/08

Well, this is kind of a sneaky way for airlines to make air travelers check their bags – and a sneaky way for at least one airline to squeeze more bucks out of bag check fees. Earlier this month Continental Airlines announced that it would not only charge coach travelers $25 to check a second […]

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Bag the bag fee… new trend?

09/18/08

According to this note by Terry Maxon in the Airline Biz blog, in response to price dips in the cost of fuel, Air Canada is dropping the fees for checking a second bag beginning next Tuesday. That’s good news and, hopefully, the beginning of a trend. And those fuel surcharges? Well, you won’t see those […]

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It would be funny if it wasn’t true

06/17/08

The Tonight Show is on way past my bedtime, so I’m really glad that Terry Maxon at the Airline Biz blog makes a point of posting the jokes and jabs Jay Leno makes about airports and air travel. All those extra charges and service cutbacks the airlines are announcing are making it way too easy […]

Crackdown on carry-on bags

06/17/08

United Airlines and US Airways recently announced they will join American Airlines and start charging passengers to check a first bag. That means a lot more people will start packing a lot more stuff into their carry-on bags. “Not so fast” say the airlines. They’re cracking down on over-sized carry-on bags by posting staff at […]

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