Airlines Collected $3.4b In Bag Fees In 2010

Airlines collected $3.4B in bag fees in 2010

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. airlines collected $3.4 billion in bag fees last year. The 24 percent increase from 2009 shows how the airlines are increasingly reliant on charging for once-free services to make money....

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