Comments on: Consumer victory: Spirit reverses its “web convenience fee”

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Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:39:01 +0000

[...] website. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is: The airline tried this last summer, but retracted it within a few days. In the WSJ, Scott McCartney has this summary: Spirit tried charging a $7.90 [...]

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:37 +0000

Allegiant’s web site indicates that they will charge for an online booking:

A convenience fee of $11.50 per traveling customer will be applied when booked on allegiantair.com or through an Allegiant Air call center. Travel purchased through Allegiant Air call centers will cost an additional $10.00 per segment.

and also

For the convenience of using any of Allegiant Air’s booking services (inclusive of call center) there is a fee of $11.50 per traveling customer. Purchases made at any of Allegiant Air’s Airport Ticket Offices will not incur a Convenience Fee of $11.50 per customer. All fares are subject to change until confirmed and purchased.

They do allow for no-fee booking at the airports, so I guess that gets them past the FTC, though the online booking fee can’t be seen as anything more than a cash grab from any reasonable point of view.

Just another reason to not fly those carriers…

By: Artie

Artie — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:41:47 +0000

If I am not mistaken, doesn’t Allegiant also charge a web convenience fee? I remember having to pay $7.50 or something like that, per way, for their “convenience” fee to book online.

I think you should also push them to drop that fee…because while there was ZERO chance I would ever fly Spirit, I do enjoy taking Allegiant to Vegas every now and again from my small town!