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November 14, 2008

Ominous Trend: Bag Fees on Budget Airlines

We told you that AirTran is adding a $15 fee to check a first bag. And Midwest and Frontier already have that same fee in place. Which begs the question: Who’s next? Southwest had centered a popular advertising campaign around the catch-phrase, “Fees don’t fly with us” (see one of those amusing ads here), and Virgin America and JetBlue have also held out against fees. But for how long?