All travelers hate baggage fees and U.S. airlines have been steadily increasing them for years. New from the Bureau of Transportation reveals just how much they're stowing away and it's a lot. Last year, total baggage fee revenue among 11 major carriers in the U.S. totaled $4.9 billion, an increase on $4.6 billion in 2017. A whole host of airlines continued to put up their fees in 2018 includeing America, United, Delta and Jetblue.
There was a time when the baggage situation was very different. Back in 2010, those same 11 airlines made $2.3 billion from baggage fees, less than half the 2018 figure. American cashed in the most on all of that luggage, making $1.22 billion. That is more than twice what it brought in back in 2010 when revenue from baggage fees totaled $580 million.
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The U.S. Airlines Cashing In The Most On Baggage Fees
