Frontier Airlines to charge for first checked bag

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by poolparty | September 15, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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I took them a while, but Frontier Airlines will now charge for a first checked bag.   Customers will have to pay $15 starting  for travel on or after November 1st.  Customers currently get charged $25 for a second bag. 

Passengers flying Frontier Airlines will have to pay $15 for their first checked bag starting Nov. 1 to help the carrier offset skyrocketing fuel costs as it navigates Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the airline announced Friday.

A second bag will cost $25 -- a charge that the airline implemented a couple of months ago, but Frontier's frequent fliers are exempt from both the first and second checked bag fee.

The Denver-based airline has followed the ranks of other carriers that recently have started charging for checked bags fees

Source: bizjournals.com

EarlyReturns Summit and Ascent members, AirTran Airways A+ Rewards Elite members travelling with Frontier Airlines and active-duty military personnel will all be exempt from charges for both first and second checked bags.

Source: tradingmarkets.com


United Airlines also just announced they will double their current second-checked bag fee.

That story can be seen here.

What do you think about the new fee?  Will the new fees put you off flying? Vote here


Previous NowPublic coverage on Continental Airlines bag fees can be seen here and
American Airlines fees can be seen here.

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kmemav8r
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at 15:42 on September 15th, 2008

I think it is important to note that here is where carriers like Frontier stand......

They are a lower cost carrier and are operating under bankruptcy protection.  With that being the case, I factor in that a second bag charge is acceptable.  Their lower cost fares almost put them in the a la carte department when it comes to charging for bags.

They do make flying possible for people on a budget (not to the extent that Southwest does) and seeing that they are trying their best to get out of debt, while keeping fares lower than traditional carriers, I feel that the public shouldn't be so hard on them.

Now if this were one of the major carriers, then I feel the public has every right to complain.

No matter what, it is a good story.  And I feel we will see more of this in the months ahead.

 

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at 15:43 on September 15th, 2008

Stephanie Sobotka, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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at 15:44 on September 15th, 2008

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