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After resisting for years, JetBlue adds checked bag fee

The airline plans to reinvest the millions of dollars it will collect from bag fees into new seats and TVs, according to Marty St. George, JetBlue's executive vice president of commercial products and planning. "Some of these changes are going to help pay for what's the biggest product upgrade JetBlue has had in the history of the company," he told The Associated Press in advance of the announcement. Passengers also get free access to more than 100 channels of live satellite TV and radio and JetBlue still has more legroom than its competition. The most-expensive tier is called Blue Flex and comes with two free checked bags and allows changes without penalty. Online travel agencies like Orbitz, Priceline and Expedia, will — for the foreseeable future — only sell the cheapest fares, those that don't include a checked bag. Passengers will still have to pay at the airport for their checked bags but St.

 

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