carry on fees
As I am sure, many have heard or read the new fees that will be in place at Spirit coming in August 2010. I am referring to the $45 carry on bag fee (excludes articles such as purses that fit under the seat)
The big US carriers will be watching this very carefully, so you can expect that if it brings in money then other airlines will follow suit and charge for carry-on bags.
Its another way the US carriers will screw over the passengers, especially busnessmen/women who live out of carry on cases and are the main revenue for many airlines.....i am sure that once an individual reaches a certain level then the fee will be waived
Next up charge per seatbelts, charge per oxygen, $1 per bathroom use, what else will they find ways to create fees that are supposed to help them from going under even though there are numerous reports that the airline industry is picking up to pre-financial crisis levels and back into profits and surpassing income expectations..........granted there are some airlines that are going in the wrong direction and ones that will still encounter large deficits, however the trend shows that levels are getting better
one exception would be BA (british airways) but that would be due to the Union and strikes since their management doesnt seem to have a clue what is going on and are not looking at the human/worker impact rather they are looking at the $$$ figures so they are loosing focus....getting "random" people/ no FA experience to work as the FA's on flights from what i have gathered
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