International Airline Travel Luggage Fees Now Just Beginning
Now that we’ve gotten used to and sadly accepted the various airline checked baggage fees (though Southwest is a great exception!), it looks like we’re going to have to get used to some more fees now, international flight fees. Darn it.
If you are travelling to Europe on American Airlines this fall, then we are sorry to report that for each bag of luggage you take, you will have to pay a $50 fee each way. It might just be time to start looking into the USPS, huh?
And that’s not where it’s going to end, so don’t start looking at silver linings just yet. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the ten largest US airlines collected around $566.3 million in baggage fees during 2009’s first quarter. So the airlines are finally seeing what that can make on baggage and international fees are just beginning.