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Which doesn't contradict what I wrote. I daresay a lot of families who travel once a year at Christmas pay bag fees for their big bags. Lots of people who trave
by ghaff 1y ago
Which doesn't contradict what I wrote. I daresay a lot of families who travel once a year at Christmas pay bag fees for their big bags. Lots of people who travel on a regular basis don't. And a lot of it seems to be on discount airlines. (Which I admittedly never fly.)
- amrocha 1y agoIt actually literally contradicts what you said. People flying any amount (at christmas with their family) are paying bag fees.
- arcticbull 1y agoUS airlines recorded $5.1 billion in checked baggage fees according to your article. US airlines recorded a revenue of $275.3B in 2024. This accounts for 1.8% of revenue. A further billion was change fees. Net profit was $6.7B meaning literally all of their net revenue (a total of 2.25% of gross revenue) was accounted for from these ancillary fees. But their inflation-adjusted cost went down 36% since 1995. There were a total of about 1 billion emplanements by US carriers in 2024, ish, so we're talking about a total of about $6 per passenger per year. They really are insignificant.
- ghaff 1y agoExcuse me. I should have said any significant amount. Those people flying every month or two mostly do take measures to have free baggage assuming they have checked baggage at all.