Fee's Fee's and More Fee's!

Enjoy travelling? Well if you do, you could be in for another big hit to the budget with the ever-increasing prices of plane tickets. Surcharges were added to checked bags, fuel surcharges last year, however many American airline companies are adding yet another surcharge. This new surcharge that has been introduced tacks another $10 on flights during the most popular travel days around Thanksgiving, New Year’s as well as Easter and spring breaks.

Beyond surcharges, there are other fees that the traveler will be faced with for checking luggage, or pre-booking plane seat before 24 hours before the flight. Before these were just part of the convenient services that were provided. Today however, they are classified as luxuries.

For travelers, all the fees make it tougher to figure out the real cost of a flight because of all the fees that are exceed the base fare.

Why is this happening? Airlines are able to increase revenue without having to increase fare prices. This tactic keeps the airline companies out of the hot seat because consumers do not see or hear about the dramatic increase in fare. Airlines make money, without any consumer backlash.

These hidden fees, although stated on the websites, often get overlooked by the buyer until it is too late. To avoid large fees and surcharges it is important to read the fine print before buying a ticket on the Internet. If the base fare price is too good to be true, then likely it is too good to be true! Your travel budget could be ruined with all these new fees and surcharges without your knowledge.

For more information on this topic go to E Turbo News: http://www.eturbonews.com/11918/and-yet-another-airline-surcharge-holiday-travel-fee

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