Does anyone else remember the primary reason for increasing fees to begin with? Oil prices were at almost $100 a barrel and the airlines were complaining that it's too expensive to operate their fleet. Well almost all airlines because some of them like Southwest were actually smart and had "future" contracts for kerosene so they locked in on the previously low price when everybody else had to adjust to the every increasing prices....
So, fine, everybody understood that reasoning - even though it would have been nicer to just include it in the price of the ticket overall...then again, that wouldn't have been fair to the people traveling without any bags. But now - oil prices are down again so why don't the fees disappear or at least get adjusted down...Yeah, I know..."in a perfect world"....apparently there aren't only "sticky prices" for groceries but also for airline fees.
Anyway, the fees pretty much change every week now - first one major Airline raises them by $5 then all the others jump on the cookie jar as well... Soon even international baggage fees are going to be implemented. Some Airlines are already charging for international baggage....what a rip-off. To stay current with this insanity I bookmarked this PAGE that nicely puts it all together and updates all the fees involved with flying any particular airline.
Remember when you actually got a meal on a plane, drinks, nuts, silverware, wine, magazines, newspapers, pillows, blankets,......I'm getting sentimental... :)
