Consumers paid $9.2 billion in fees on US airlines in 2010
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.
During the first half of the current year, the US airlines pocketed $3.8 billion in extra fees as compared with $2.3 billion in the same period last year.