Extra Fees For Airline Passengers

A little bit ridiculous .. ?  yes.. ! but they are still doing it.  I remembered those days when i was still a student and traveling around Europe and was told that I wasn’t strong enough to sit at the exit row seat because during emergencies they would need someone strong enough to open the exit door of the airplane.  In my humble opinion.. if there was an emergency .. and a matter of life and death .. even if you were a midget.. you would muster enough strength to open that door.

But now.. all you need to do .. to get that seat .. is to fork out an extta $20 .. so i heard.  So what happened to that logic ..??  i guess airlines are more hard up for the money.. than the real safety of its passengers these days..??  Even in times like this .. where ppl are being retrenched and companies cutting their budgets .. the airlines still feels a need to drain the passenger as much as they can.

US Airways and United are hitting passengers up for $5 to pay their baggage fees at the airport instead of online. United implemented the fee June 10, while US Airways will put it into effect July 9.

If you want to select an exit row seat on AirTran and enjoy the extra legroom, expect to cough up $20.

Allegiant Air, a smaller national discount airline, charges a $13.50 “convenience fee” for online purchases, even though most other carriers encourage purchases direct from their Web site.

European discounter Ryanair charges for something everyone has to do if they want to fly: check in. It’s 5 euros, or about $6.75, to check in online, double for passengers who pay at the airport. Ryanair plans to eliminate airport check-in desks.

Spanish airline Vueling charges a fee to pick a seat. Any seat at all. A “basic” seat behind the wing runs 3 euros. For 30 euros, travelers can choose an aisle or window seat and guarantee that the middle seat will remain empty.

I don’t think many ppl are happy about it .. especially those frequent flyers.. it’s so inconvenient.. to have to fork out extras.. especially when you need to make that traveling claim from the accounting department of y our office.  I know all about it.. and usually i forked them outta my own pocket instead.