{"id":4693,"date":"2010-01-19T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/american-airlines-raises-baggage-fees\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T05:13:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:13:00","slug":"american-airlines-raises-baggage-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/american-airlines-raises-baggage-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Raises Baggage Fees"},"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\/2010\/1\/checkedbags.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers line up to check their bags before take off.\" title=\"Passengers line up to check their bags before take off.\" width=\"440\" height=\"340\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Over the last week five major airlines raised baggage fees<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDelta&#8230;Continental&#8230;United&#8230;US Airways&#8230;and now American Airlines. Just as we predicted last week right here on the blog, AA joined the other major U.S. carriers by raising their baggage fees as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn an attempt to further increase revenue, American Airlines will now charge $25 for the first checked bag, and $35 for a second. That is an increase of $5 for each bag.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe increased fees on bags will only apply to coach fares in the United States,<br \/>\nPuerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAre these new baggage fees changing the way you fly? Are you attempting to travel with just carry-on bags now? Will you use an alternate airline to avoid these crazy fees?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLeave your comments and tell us what you think of the increased surcharges on your luggage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source: New York Times<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Flickr: hoyasmeg&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Over the last week five major airlines raised baggage fees &nbsp; &nbsp; Delta&#8230;Continental&#8230;United&#8230;US Airways&#8230;and now American Airlines. Just as we predicted last week right here on the blog, AA joined the other major U.S. carriers by raising their baggage fees as well. &nbsp; In an attempt to further increase revenue, American Airlines will [&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-4693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4693","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=4693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}