Airlines raise surcharges on Holidays
by Dave on 18/11/09 at 1:56 pm
Remember a few weeks ago when airlines were thinking of charging passengers more for flying during National Holidays? The $10 or $20 fee you had to pay for flying during Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s will be increased to $50.
US Airways will be implementing a new surcharge that 5% the cost of the fare on all US flights on or after May 8. United, Delta and the latter’s subsidiary also introduced bigger fees, raising them on busy day in March or April from $20 to $30.
These surcharges will affect passengers that travel not only during winter, but spring as well. In March and April travelers will be charged for flying around Easter. A $50 surcharge will apply to those flying on Superbowl day – Monday, February 8.
“The number of seats they’ve cut is allowing them to do crazy things,’’ said Tom Parsons, chief executive of the discount travel site Bestfares.com. “They added bag fees and nobody blinked. They’ve got $150 [itinerary] change fees, and now the surcharges.’’
Surcharges on flights during Holidays were applied as early as September and have been extended for the 41 days between Thanksgiving and Memorial Day. United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski declared these surcharges come to match fare increase imposed by Southwest.
Do you think paying more for flying during Holidays is fair?
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