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Shopper's Market: Tips on minimizing travel costs
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Staying on top of airline baggage and seating fees
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- Date May 4, 2012
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Millions of Americans will be taking the skies -- there warm weather getaway.
But travelers may need to save some extra cash to cover baggage and feeding me.
The -- baggage fees are not going anywhere I think they're becoming and I've been a bit more prevalent.
At this point is only one airline that does not charge for the first two checked bags and that's southwest recently allegiance and Spirit Airlines began charging.
For overhead bins space pan.
Spirit announced passengers will have to pay.
100.
Dollars for a carry on bag starting next fall.
That's if you pay at.
Again this with a trait is to really -- -- I mean you know tried avoid the checking of the bags altogether and now if you're flying at least spirit Allegiant.
I really minimizing when you bring on board.
So what should you expect -- -- JetBlue does not charge for the first but will charge you.
-- about 45 for the second checked bag so.
-- you have a couple of options there everybody else really is paying is charging -- for your first and second bag between 25 and 45 dollars.
-- -- -- -- don't and with baggage either for extra leg room we're seeing -- for calling in your reservation over the phone.
For or early boarding.
But I've studied -- have a lot to be conducted found that 61% of people are willing to pay for the tech pack heat.
But not much more.
Some of the highest fees come from changing flights last minute.
It's anywhere from a 150 dollars and up including the price -- -- but your ticket.
So tried to -- And in advance some airlines issued credit cards and offer incentives like -- checked bag fees but read the fine print before signing.
In New York Brenda Buttner Fox News.
