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Baggage prices have become a key source of revenue for airlines. In the first three quarters of 2023, U.S. airlines took in nearly $5.5 billion in checked-bag fees, according to the Bureau of ...
Delta Air Lines is the latest carrier to increase of its luggage fees, announcing it was hiking the price of a checked bag by $5, effective immediately. Flying with luggage will now cost you $35 ...
Delta said Tuesday that the first bag checked on a domestic flight will now incur a $35 fee. The charge for a second bag rose from $40 to $45. Delta last raised bag fees for domestic flights in 2018.
IdeaWorks, a travel consulting firm, predicted fees will become the norm by the end of 2019 and globally thereafter. [6] The 23 largest airlines in the United States reported earning $4.6 billion in baggage fees in 2017. [7] This increased to $33 billion in baggage fees for 2023, and increase of 15 percent over the previous year. [8]
American Airlines, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, and Delta all recently raised their fees for checked baggage, as GOBankingRates previously reported. But you don't have to pay baggage fees if you...
Checked baggage is luggage delivered to an airline or train for transportation in the hold of an aircraft, storage on a coach bus or baggage car of a passenger train. Checked baggage is inaccessible to the passenger during the flight or ride, as opposed to carry-on baggage .
Checked bags have become a major, flying cash cow in recent years, with U.S. airlines alone raking in over $5.4B from baggage fees during the first three quarters of 2023.
Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 economy class cabin. In 2012, Delta Air Lines became the first U.S. airline to introduce basic economy. [8] Delta initially limited the availability of these fares to routes where it competed against LCC Spirit Airlines, calling basic economy its "Spirit-match fare" in its 2015 earnings call. The fares were available ...