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2012 saw a slight increase samantha brown of travel channel in both baggage samantha brown of travel channel fees and reservation samantha brown of travel channel change and cancellation fees among the nation's top 10 major airlines studied. Topping the list once again was Delta Airlines who in the 3 rd  quarter of 2012 had collected samantha brown of travel channel over $1.2 million in fees. In 2011 the airline collected nearly $1.7 million samantha brown of travel channel in total fees. United Airlines was ranked number two with a little samantha brown of travel channel over $1 million in total fees.
According to business class travel website and travel experts, Lets Fly Cheaper. The data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows a slight increase in fees for 2012 compared to the fee data from 2011. "If you think about it, that amount is barely a drop in the bucket when you compare it to an airline's actual operating cost. Ide say it's a very mild way for them to make a little extra gas money" says Lets Fly Cheaper marketing director, Sean Delanty.
The baggage fees collected from the past two years from the airlines studied outweigh the change and cancellation fees by $701,000. "The bag fees are an expected expense passengers usually know they are going to have to pay. Changing and cancelling a flight is usually an unexpected thing" says Lets Fly Cheaper CEO, Ramon van Meer. He also adds that the airlines may start to increase some of those fees or add new ones in 2013.
Over the past few years, samantha brown of travel channel the airlines have struggled to earn steady profits. Mainly due to the increase in the overall operational cost to run an airline in a shaky economy with fluctuating fuel prices. That added with the constant demand samantha brown of travel channel for low fare tickets forced the airline industry to make changes with their baggage policies. "Passengers tend to feel they are getting nickeled samantha brown of travel channel and dimed by the airlines when it comes to paying fees. That couldn't be further from the truth. The airlines are only keeping up with the consumer demand for cheap tickets. It has nothing samantha brown of travel channel to do with greed" says Delanty.
2013 will likely not see a decrease in fees but rather an increase on what the airline will be charging fees for. In 2012 Delta Airlines began charging fees for "preferred seating" which allowed passengers to pay extra for an aisle or window seat. This new practice left some passengers samantha brown of travel channel whom were traveling together in groups and families forced to sit apart from each other. The airlines have vowed to fix these issues in 2013.
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