Concurrently,
baggage fee revenue disclosed by airlines to the US Department of Transportation has dropped.
Not exact matches
Transat is also surveying other airlines for examples of gaining more
revenues from ancillary
fees such as checked
baggage, reserved seating and other measures already in place in Canada.
With $ 1.67 billion in
baggage fees collected in the first half of 2011 alone, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), airlines acquire a significant amount of
revenue by charging
baggage fees.
In 2013, airline
revenue from
baggage fees actually fell 4 percent, to $ 3.35 billion.
Southwest's ancillary
revenue includes
baggage fees ($ 143.5 million), unaccompanied minor travel, Pets are Welcome on Southwest (PAWS), Rapid Rewards frequent flier program, Business Select fares ($ 100 million) and in - flight Wi - Fi.
Sure we love to hate
revenue frequent flyer programs, but they are much more predictable in general, and JetBlue in particular has been very good to us (except for instituting the
baggage fees, grrr).