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    • September 15, 2008

    United DOUBLES 2nd Checked Bag Fee, as Oil Prices Come DOWN

    Filed under: Airline Fees, Bags, Fuel Surcharges, United — Rick Seaney @ 1:26 pm

    Want to check two bags on your next United flight? Better get your wallet out.

    The carrier, which already charges $15 for a first checked-bag, had doubled its second checked-bag fee - from $25 to $50 one-way.

    Delta was the first to put on $50 2nd bag charge, but charges none at this point for the first bag.

    That means if you check 2 bags on a roundtrip flight, you pay for you ticked, AND, pay an extra $130! And thanks to SkyTalk, for letting us all know about this.

    But here’s the killer (and this comes from a United press release): The airline blames, what else - fuel prices - and goes on to add:

    “the potential revenue from United’s merchandising efforts, including those for checking a first and second bag, will now be approximately $700 million in 2009“.
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