{"id":2589,"date":"2011-06-16T10:02:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2011-06-16T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:02:37","slug":"airlines-collected-3-4b-in-bag-fees-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/airlines-collected-3-4b-in-bag-fees-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;Airlines Collected $3.4B in Bag Fees in 2010&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJZ7F7yV_Wc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata\">AP (via YouTube)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 24 percent increase from 2009 shows how the airlines are increasingly reliant on charging for once-free services to make money.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a surprise to anyone. Personally, I haven&#8217;t paid for a checked bag in 2 years because this sort of thing doesn&#8217;t really affect frequent travelers as most of us have AMEX or Visa cards that waive checked bag fees and many more of us fly enough that we just don&#8217;t have to pay anymore. Finally, a lot of smart travelers just go the carry-on route (rolling bag + backpack). I don&#8217;t do this because I&#8217;m never in a huge hurry to get out of the airport and hate being one of those people that clog up the overhead bin. Any flight\u00a0attendants\u00a0I&#8217;ve spoken to complain loudly about the amount of carry on bags and how much of a hassle it is finding space. I feel their pain but their employers brought this on.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, as long as fuel prices go up, this will continue to be an issue. Things will only get more expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP (via YouTube): The 24 percent increase from 2009 shows how the airlines are increasingly reliant on charging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-FL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":570,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/10\/21\/virgin-america-flying-redefined\/","url_meta":{"origin":2589,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Virgin America: Flying Redefined","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Air travel has become mundane, boring and a necessity among travelers. 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