Rick Seaney and the FareCompare team have once again beaten me to the punch: They’ve compiled a list of U.S. domestic airlines’ fees and put them all in one place.
Most every fee the airlines have imagined (so far) is there. The phone booking fee. The luggage fee. The cost of snacks, booze, and meals. The pet fee. The skycap fee. The re-ticketing fee. And on and on. (The fee fee, the Arial font fee, and the fee fi fo fum fee, as outlined here, somehow didn’t make the cut.)
It’s a great list, insofar as it helps consumers make better decisions. I’ve always argued that the lowest fare may not be the best value. (And that doesn’t even take frequency, upgrade possibilities, on-time arrivals, or anything like that into account.)
Be sure to check out the list.
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June 10th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Great list. Only thing missing is the Moose Antler add on fee for luggage. Particularly important now that Frontier has upped the fee by a third and is charging more for antlers than unaccompanied children…:)
June 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
The antlers thing is hilarious, Tim! And I love your quip:
June 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
United just added $15 for the first checked bag.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:14 am
[...] Numbercruncher and standup comedian Rick Seaney was one of the first to introduce a more detailed fee guide. (I’m just kidding about the comedian part.) In May, he published a two-part chart, available online or as a PDF download, that described every relevant fee and surcharge at the time. It was a good effort, and a lot of influential blogs took note of it, including my good friends over at Upgrade: Travel Better. [...]