Airlines collect over $27 billion in extra fees and charges
Airlines around the world collected over $27 billion in extra fees and charges last year, new research has shown.
Consumers paid more than $9.2 billion in fees to US airlines in 2010 for checked baggage and other services, but these fees were hidden from most travellers when they purchased their airline tickets, because the airlines refuse to share their fee information with travel agents and other distributors, according to a new study by the Consumer Travel Alliance.