ABC Corporate Services Signs Agreement With Luggage Club
By eTN Staff Writer
The solution to the airlines’ harrying, confusing, ever-changing, and always increasing luggage fees, as well as long airport check-in lines, may just be to have your luggage shipped to your ...
Air Travel
By George Hobica
Airlines are required by U.S. regulations to compensate travelers for up to $3,300 in the event that checked bags are lost or damaged. But that's only for domestic travel.
Airline Fees
By TERRY MAXON
Baggage fees, the golden goose for airlines desperate for more cash, are bringing in billions of dollars in revenues for U.S. airlines.
You Can Call It A Change But It Is Still An Increase
By eTN Staff Writer
What used to cost US$20 for the first checked bag and US$30 for the second, will now cost you US$25 and US$35, repectively, on American Airlines beginning on February 1, 2010.
Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines decided to fly solo as other U.S. airlines rolled out fees last year.
Airlines Warned To Not Set Arbitrary Limits On Reimbursements
By eTN Staff Writer
On October 9, 2009, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a guidance letter to the airlines asking that they review their policies related to the reimbursement of passengers’ expenses ...
American Airlines & Virgin America
By eTN Staff Writer
Airlines collected about US$566 million in baggage fees in the first three months of 2009, up from about US$123 million in the same period last year, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...
H.R. Bill 2870
By eTN Staff Writer
United States House of Representatives by Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) has submitted a bill that seeks to set one enforceable standard for all bags carried onboard US commercial aircraft.
Baggage Fees
By cnn.com
NEW YORK - The round of baggage fees that came last year may have annoyed the heck out of customers, but according to government figures, they were a billion-dollar lifesaver for cash-strapped ...
Virgin America
By reuters.com
Virgin America introduced a $15 fee to check a single bag, falling in line with other U.S. carriers that use such fees to generate revenue as the economic recession weighs on travel demand.
Airline Industry
By AFP
LONDON — Airlines worldwide failed to recover more than one million bags in 2007 after mishandling a record 42 million, a British consumer watchdog said Tuesday, citing industry figures.
US Airways Flight 1549
By cnn.com
U.S.
Baggage Fees
By nj.com
"A hundred bucks?"
Tucson Intl. Airport - Airline Scales Out Of Whack
By kvoa.com
Three state investigators with the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures went to the Tucson International Airport Tuesday to check the scales. All 15 scales investigators checked failed at ...
Baggage Fees
By azcentral.com
As you head off on your Thanksgiving travels this week and prepare to pay airline baggage fees, you may wonder what it actually costs the airline to fly your 40-pound suitcase.
In Anticipation Of Increased Holiday Travel
By eTN Staff Writer
FORT WORTH, TX - In anticipation of increased holiday travel to and from certain cities in Latin America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, American Airlines and American Eagle are implementing their ...
