{"id":2552618,"date":"2011-06-10T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/airlines-ditch-bag-fees-for-troops-after-viral-video-flap\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T10:49:00","slug":"airlines-ditch-bag-fees-for-troops-after-viral-video-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/airlines-ditch-bag-fees-for-troops-after-viral-video-flap\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Ditch Bag Fees for Troops after Viral Video Flap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2011\/6\/US_Troops_Airport.jpg\" alt=\"Returning troops are greeted by family and friends at Dallas Fort \nWorth International Airport (Image courtest of the U.S. Army)\" title=\"Returning troops are greeted by family and friends at Dallas\nFort Worth International Airport (Image courtest of the U.S. Army)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Returning troops are greeted at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport <\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAmerican Airlines, United-Continental, and Delta are all revising their extra bag fee policies for United States troops traveling on orders.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe change in policy for the airlines followed a week of outrage from the American public after a video posted to Youtube showed two servicemen being quoted for $2,800 in bag fees on a recent Delta flight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUnder the new policies, servicemen and women will be able to check four free bags on Delta and United-Continental flights and up to five free bags on all American Airlines flights.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this week, Delta issued an apology to the troop members who were charged the massive fees and pledged reimbursement.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source:&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.usatoday.com\/flights\/story\/2011\/06\/After-soldiers-video-goes-viral-more-bags-will-fly-free\/48212264\/1\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Flickr:&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/soldiersmediacenter\/491249013\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Army<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Returning troops are greeted at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport &nbsp; American Airlines, United-Continental, and Delta are all revising their extra bag fee policies for United States troops traveling on orders. &nbsp; The change in policy for the airlines followed a week of outrage from the American public after a video posted to Youtube [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2552618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}