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0 pointsghaff0y ago0 comments

People who fly any amount don't pay for checked bags if they check anything at all.

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People pay billions in bag fees alone every year. https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/airlines/us-airlines-highe...

It’s hardly the only fee, either.

ghaffOP0y ago

Which doesn't contradict what I wrote. I daresay a lot of families who travel once a year at Christmas pay bag fees for their big bags. Lots of people who travel on a regular basis don't. And a lot of it seems to be on discount airlines. (Which I admittedly never fly.)

amrocha0y ago

It actually literally contradicts what you said. People flying any amount (at christmas with their family) are paying bag fees.

arcticbull0y ago

US airlines recorded $5.1 billion in checked baggage fees according to your article. US airlines recorded a revenue of $275.3B in 2024. This accounts for 1.8% of revenue. A further billion was change fees.

Net profit was $6.7B meaning literally all of their net revenue (a total of 2.25% of gross revenue) was accounted for from these ancillary fees.

But their inflation-adjusted cost went down 36% since 1995.

There were a total of about 1 billion emplanements by US carriers in 2024, ish, so we're talking about a total of about $6 per passenger per year. They really are insignificant.

ghaffOP0y ago

Excuse me. I should have said any significant amount. Those people flying every month or two mostly do take measures to have free baggage assuming they have checked baggage at all.

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ceejayoz0y ago

People pay billions in bag fees alone every year. https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/airlines/us-airlines-highe...

It’s hardly the only fee, either.

ghaffOP0y ago

amrocha0y ago

It actually literally contradicts what you said. People flying any amount (at christmas with their family) are paying bag fees.

arcticbull0y ago

Net profit was $6.7B meaning literally all of their net revenue (a total of 2.25% of gross revenue) was accounted for from these ancillary fees.

But their inflation-adjusted cost went down 36% since 1995.

There were a total of about 1 billion emplanements by US carriers in 2024, ish, so we're talking about a total of about $6 per passenger per year. They really are insignificant.

ghaffOP0y ago

Excuse me. I should have said any significant amount. Those people flying every month or two mostly do take measures to have free baggage assuming they have checked baggage at all.

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