Airline Fees: The Ultimate Guide

Two dollars for a soda? Ten bucks for an aisle seat? If you're confused about airline fees, we can help.

With our Airline Fees: The Ultimate Guide, you'll find a one-stop reference chart for every major airline fee from every major domestic carrier.

Best of all, you can download the airline fees chart in PDF format at no charge. Because unlike the airlines, we don't make you pay for things that ought to be free.

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(Editor's Note: Airline Fees: The Ultimate Guide was last updated on January 18, 2010.)

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Comments: (13)
 
JaclynLiechti's Avatar SmarterTravel Editor
JaclynLiechti wrote:
jbaker18 -- The charts all seem to open and print correctly for me. Here are direct links to the European guide and the Carry-On guide. If you're still having problems, let us know so that we can correct it. Thanks!
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JaclynLiechti wrote:
payne99 -- Baggage fees are collected each way.
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payne09 wrote:
Are baggage fees for each way or once for roundtrip?
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jbaker18 wrote:
I was able to print the Ultimate Guide to Airline fees in full size on 8 1/2" X 11" paper, but the other 2 guides stayed in the tiny unreadable form that they were in on the page and I couldn't get them to print out to a larger, more readable size. Can you help me?
Thanks, Joanne
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jbmonco wrote:
Could be like Ryan Air http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/table-of-fees
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seth wrote:
Thanks for the helpful guide!

Flying Southwest is worth saving the money on baggage fees. If you remember, prior to baggage fees, there usually was not a problem getting your carry-on on board. I have not been on a flight since baggage fees were implemented where everyone's carry-on made it. And a lot of those carry-ons are twice the size of what is allowed by most airlines.
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Wow, this guide is really helpful. I fly often for work, and my company reimburses me, but only up to a certain amount. I usually find the cheapest for my routes to be usairways and jetblue, but if usairways is going to start charging for seat selection I will no longer be using their airline..
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G.Ski wrote:
Warning.!! Delta's 'equipment item' rule is NOT always implimented..!! Also, if you book a Delta flight and are put on NorthWest (Delta bought NW) then you're in for some big baggage fees. Three times last season the baggage/ticket agent "decided" whether or not my bag WAS a boot bag. I even showed him my boots IN the bag and was charged a baggage fee for JUST that bag..!! Nowhere in the Delta rules is there a maximum size for a "boot bag".. yet one time they accepted my NORDICA boot bag, but didn't accept my wifes TYROLIA boot bag because it was larger..!! I take 8 family members skiing and baggage fees can be huge. I am FORCED to fly Southwest to save hundreds of dollars. Oh well...
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Moderator_CS wrote:
thelonewolfis: Our sister site SeatGuru has just what you're looking for, a pricing chart for luggage shipping services.
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thelonewolfis wrote:
I think this is a great resource for travelers. I also think smartertravel should cover the luggage delivery companies and their pricing for bags to be sent ahead of time. From my experience, it is sometimes cheaper, thus a smarter way to travel. the company I use and like the best is www.MadTravelers.com. They are easy to use and relaible from my experience.