Summary
- Several US airlines have witnessed a rise in checked baggage fees recently.
- United Airlines recently announced an increase in baggage fees, now charging $40 for the first checked bag.
- Airlines globally earn billions in ancillary revenue from checked baggage, with United implementing new baggage fee rules in North America.
United Airlines has become the latest in the string of airlines to increase baggage fees in recent times. In the last week alone, two major airlines in the US have hiked the price they charge for baggage. Flight fares have risen across the country, and the increase in checked baggage fees only adds to air travel becoming expensive.
US baggage fees background
Charging passengers for their baggage was, at one point in time, rather unimaginable. It was the ultra-low-cost Spirit Airlines that went forward with this idea in the US. When it did so, it said that the…
