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We’d love it if a week or even a few days went by when we didn’t hear about how airlines are going to make our traveling lives even more miserable and more expensive. This week - as usual, it seems - a few more airlines announced some additional fees that passengers will be charged, all to try to make up for the rising cost of fuel that’s crippling their profits. Over a month ago we outlined some of the new fees but this kind of list is quickly outdated these days.
If you’re as confused by all of these additional airline fees as we are, then you might also be pleased to take a look at a useful table produced by Kayak.com, gathering a bunch of information about airline fees in one handy place. Major international carriers are listed, quite a few domestic United States airlines are there too, along with a couple of other low cost carriers such as Europe’s Easyjet, but the list is by no means exhaustive. But for a lot of people, you will find the information you want - or that is to say, the information you’re looking for.
Nobody wants to read about the depressing array of charges we are now subject to when we fly: certainly, checking more than one piece of luggage is quickly becoming an expense item on many airlines, with some even charging for the first. The table also outlines how much meals cost on airlines that don’t include them as a complimentary service, along with extra costs for services like traveling with pets or sending children unaccompanied. Sadly, there’s also a column for those airlines that charge an extra cost to have extra leg room or to choose your own seat.
Combine that with the news that as a result of the endless delays and confusion of security checks, especially in United States airports, passengers are losing track of their belongings, and the picture for flying travelers looks bleak. Apparently around 10,000 laptop computers are lost or stolen each week in airports across the United States, and up to 70% of these laptops are never reclaimed or returned to their owners. So the news this week is this: pay more for your airline travel, but get less and less, and lose stuff that really was yours in the first place. Sometimes these facts make staying home seem like a good alternative.
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