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    • August 18, 2008

    UPDATE III: Norhwest Drops Military Fee

    Filed under: Airline Fees, Bags — Rick Seaney @ 11:24 am

    UPDATE REDUX: Add Continental to this “no fee” list”

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    And, another fee bites the dust — for active duty military personnel.

    As I’ve been telling you, that 3rd checked-bag fee for U.S. servicemen and women has proved wildly unpopular — certainly on TV, talk radio and in the blogosphere — so airlines have been dropping it.

    Now Northwest joins American and United — so all three airlines now allow military personnel to check 3 bags without a fee (something Southwest has been doing for a long time).

    Had to laugh at the way the site Aero-News put this latest military fee roll-back:

    “The wave of patriotism hitting the airlines lately would be heart-warming… if not for the fact that all that seems to be motivating them is a desire to avoid any more bad PR.” — Aero-News
    « From the Horse’s Mouth: “Bag Fees — Sometimes They’re Worth Paying”   Hurricane/Tropical Storm Impacted Flights: Airlines Waiving Some Fees »

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