Airline Fees, Luggage Fee | featured news

While the nation's airlines continue to blame higher fuel costs for cutting into profits, the industry continues to pocket hefty revenue from fees.

U.S. Airways Group Inc. is raising the fee to check heavy luggage on its domestic flights to an extra $90 each.

The government says airlines collected $7.8 billion in revenue from so-called ancillary fees last year, up a staggering 42 percent from 2008....

Every U.S. airline is thinking of ways to get more money from their passengers. Few have provoked the outrage that Spirit Airlines has with its new carry-on luggage fee.