Random Airline Fees Continue Into 2010, Including Super Bowl Travel
Remember all those airline fees that were pouring in a few months ago related to this season’s holiday travel? Well the airlines must have really enjoyed what they were seeing, as they are now looking to tack in some additional charges for days well into 2010. Delta, United, and American Airlines are busy adding these presents to our tickets anytime they think travel will be busier than usual.
The website BestFares.com is reporting that Delta and United have added surcharges to as many as 40 days between now and next May. The fees can be as much as $30 each way depending on distance, time, and other factors that appeal to the airlines. Our favorite airline fee has to be the $50 one-way charge that has now been added to some flights on February 8. In case you don’t have the NFL calendar kicking around, that’s the day after the Super Bowl. Not like we could afford tickets anyway, but we can still be angry about it.
Besides these flat-out fees, US Airways went ahead and added a 5 percent fee to all of their flights between May and September of 2010. They are trying to protect themselves just in case the whole oil price thing gets out of control again, but you know we won’t be getting any cash back if prices stay at their current levels.
If there’s one good thing about these new increases, it’s that there’s plenty of competition. So far Virgin America, Southwest, and JetBlue haven’t instituted any of these fees, so feel free to fly with them if the charges rub you the wrong way.
Related Stories:
· Delta, American, United Add Peak-Day Travel Charges [Bloomberg]
· The Airline Holiday Travel Grinch Strikes Again [Jaunted]
· Airline News coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo of AA, United, and maybe the next to add a fee: Hong Kong dear Edward]
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