As you'll see below,
Economy passengers pay for each piece of luggage, while Business members are allowed one free bag.
Not exact matches
About half of
passengers choose to
pay the higher, regular
economy fare, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said.
Delta Air Lines is bringing basic
economy fares to international destinations, so
passengers will have to
pay up to check a bag.
If
passengers don't want to
pay a fee, they will have to
pay a higher fare — conveniently, it's often the same sum as the baggage fee — to upgrade to regular
economy class.
American and Delta say about half of their
passengers opt to
pay the higher regular
economy fare.
Airlines love basic
economy because many
passengers will
pay the higher fare just to avoid it.
Delta, like its competitors, has sliced up its
economy cabins and rolled out new premium cabins to encourage
passengers to
pay for more room on board and other amenities.
However, now that most airlines are charging a premium for «preferred
economy» seats (usually a small additional fee for a window or aisle seat), a fellow
passenger may not be willing to switch if they've
paid extra for their seat.
* Any Basic
Economy Fare
passenger that brings a full - sized carry - on bag to the gate will be required to check their bag and
pay the applicable checked bag fee plus a $ 25 gate handling charge; unless said
passenger is a MileagePlus Premier member or companion traveling on the same reservation, the primary cardmember of a qualifying MileagePlus credit card or a Star Alliance ™ Gold member.
In March, Etihad started allowing
economy passengers to
pay for access to their premium lounges around the world at a cost of about $ 50 per person.
From today, March 1st 2016, travellers under the age of 16 years old will not longer have to
pay Air
Passenger Duty (APD) on
economy flights.
For example, on a roundtrip
economy award for two
passengers between New York City and Heathrow,
passengers redeeming a Travel Together Ticket would
pay $ 999 in order to spend 28,571 Avios instead of 120,000 Skymiles.
Passengers on a Basic
Economy ticket who bring a full - sized carry - on bag to the gate will be required to check their bag and
pay the applicable checked bag fee plus a $ 25 gate handling charge.
Passengers on airlines with just one class of travel, even on all - business class airlines like Silverjet and Eos,
pay the lower rate, while those travelling in Premium
Economy on two - cabin charter flights
pay the higher rate.
The offer to
Economy Class
passengers isn't exactly impressive because anyone can access the lounge if they're prepared to
pay.....
The temporary (hopefully) lack of Premium
Economy seating is annoying but at least
Economy Class
passengers have the option to
pay a little more to sit in the «extra leg room» seats towards the front of the cabin.
so just how poor is Lufthansa's Premium
Economy food that it thinks its
passengers may want to
pay extra for a different meal?
British Airways will have to raise its prices from where they are right now and, at that point, I'm not sure that
passengers will
pay for its Premium
Economy product.
Buy on board food options are commonplace on most airlines» short - haul routes all around the world but, when it comes to long - haul flights, it's generally only the low - cost carriers like WOW and Norwegian that ask
Economy Class
passengers to
pay extra for their food.
However, other first class
passengers are often
paying premium to avoid the trials of the
economy cabin, like sitting next to crying children.
On top of all this, not only will Basic
Economy passengers have to
pay a checked - bag fee if they're carry - on isn't compliant, but they will also be charged a surcharge for having their bag gate - checked.
The airline could capture
passengers that are willing to
pay a bit more to get out of
Economy Class but aren't willing to
pay for Business Class.
Passengers originating in the UK will now
pay slightly more for
Economy Class awards on routes to destinations outside the East Coast during peak dates when compared to how much they would have
paid at a similar time of year in the past.
As AUBT points out, some airlines have been reluctant to introduce Premium
Economy cabins in case it gives their higher -
paying Business Class
passengers a lower - cost option they're happy to take....
Passengers originating in the US will now
pay significantly less for
Economy Class awards to the UK / Europe from all US destinations (during peak dates) as compared to how much they would have
paid at a similar time of year in the past.
Overall it's worth reiterating what I've said about basic
Economy / hand baggage only fares before — these fares are not about offering flyers seats at a new low price point, they're about getting
passengers to
pay what they've always
paid but for a ticket that comes with fewer benefits.
Economy class
passengers on a Lite fare — which includes fare classes Q, N, V, and K — will be required to a
pay for a seat if they want to choose in advance.
Last year Delta introduced a revenue component to its SkyMiles program, which means that higher -
paying passengers earn more miles, so the more you
pay for your tickets, the more bonus miles you get (premium
economy, business, and first class tickets will earn more miles than discount
economy).
All customers are now welcome, with
economy passengers able to enjoy the lounge's great facilities for a fee to be
paid at the door — children under the age of 2 are free of charge.
Passengers in Premium
Economy Class will enjoy complimentary seat selection, and may
pay a fee to select Extra Legroom Seats.