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Spirit Spins Its Checked Baggage Charges

When United announced it would start charging $25 to check two bags instead of one, we didn't really see the big deal. Seriously, why are you checking two bags? Carry-on only, people, unless you're schlepping skis or a surfboard.

But we can't give Spirit a pass on its new announcement that fees for checked baggage are going up, simply because of the ridiculous way the airline's spinning it. Here's what the chief marketing officer had to say:

Instead of raising every fare across our entire network in response to ever increasing fuel prices ... [this] gives our passengers the opportunity to control their cost of travel by packing lighter. We are all about giving our passengers options.

Um... thanks? Given that this is Spirit, we're waiting for the "We Ain't Got No Baggage" fare sale, which should be announced directly.

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