Is United Airlines' Bag-fee Increase Sustainable?

Late last month, JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) increased a variety of fees, including the cost to check a bag. For fares that don't include a checked-bag allowance, JetBlue now charges $30 for the first checked bag and $40 for the second one, up by $5 in each case. This move gave it the highest checked-baggage fees in the U.S.

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