Airline Luggage Fees Chart This airline luggage fees chart is designed to help you evaluate your airfare travel deal. Unfortunately, these extra fees are now a fact of life and I can't tell you how much they irritate me as they make air travel more stressful and complicated than it needs to be. You can certainly file luggage fees under "Things that make me go G-r-r-r-r." Not to mention all the other extras we now have to pay for that airlines used to offer. It is important that you take into account additional airline luggage fees on this chart when shopping for airfare. We have provided a handy comparison list of U.S. domestic airline fees that not only includes luggage fees, but all the other extras airlines are charging you for these days. If you're shopping for the best luggage prices for carry-on luggage and more,Luggage Pros.com has some of the best online prices. I hope you'll allow me to take a little stroll down travel memory lane when airlines used to provide you with exceptional service all the time. I remember my first airline flight when I was just seven years old and it was on American Airlines. My mom and dad planned a fabulous vacation to Disneyland for my brother, sister, and me, from our home in a small town in Indiana. The flight was so much fun and glamorous flight attendants treated us to delicious hot meals, tea sandwiches as snacks, pillows, blankets, magazines, and it all seemed very first class even though we were flying coach. I also remember that I initially did not like Southwest Airlines as they were a no frills airline where you couldn't even get a seat assignment. They've since refined their boarding process and now they're my favorite domestic airline. Not only do my bags fly free on Southwest, but this airline seems more first class compared to all the other airlines that started out that way and now have stripped away all the amenities we used to be accustomed to getting when traveling (little things like leg room, snacks, blankets, pillows) so now all airlines are no frills as far as I'm concerned but Southwest does it best. Since the Pandora's box of extra airline luggage fees was opened in May of 2008, additional airline fees continue to change rapidly and I’ll do my best to keep this chart up to date. It should be noted that 1st and 2nd checked bag fees are waived for passengers with “elite” status and first class or business class passengers. Marianne Schwab TV Travel Show Producer Updated January 2010

Miscellaneous Fees

–JetBlue now charges $7 for a blanket and pillow (yours to keep)

^{*This covers the range of pet travel options, from cabin travel to checked-luggage}

¹ Business Select Additional Fee for Priority Boarding. Southwest has also added a $10 each-way fee for “EarlyBird Check In” which allows passengers to check in for a flight prior to 24 hours before the flight.

² Flights 2+ hours

³ Snack Box

⁴ Trip Flex Free

⁵ Effective September 18, 2008, for reservations booked on August 14 or later.

⁶ Plus Difference in Current Airfare Price

⁷ If you pay bag fee online (“Easy Check-in”), you pay the lower price. (for both first and second checked bags) – for tickets purchased on or after Jan 14, 2010 for travel on or after Jan 21, 2010.

⁸ New charges as of August 1, 2008

⁹ For tickets purchased on/after July 10, 2008 for travel on/after August 28, 2008

¹⁰ If you pay bag fee online?? you pay the lower price. (for both first and second checked bags). Effective for tickets purchased on Jan. 9 for travel on or after Jan. 16. Travelers still pay $23 and $32 for bags checked online.

¹¹ For tickets purchased on/after Sept. 8, 2009 and applies to travel commencing on or after Oct. 1, 2009

¹² Travelers pay the difference between their original fare and the current fare to be confirmed on the new flight.

¹³ Depending on fare, Free or customer pays the difference between the original fare and the “Anytime” fare

¹⁴ For tickets Purchased after Jan 5, 2010 – If you pay bag fee online?? you pay the lower price. (for both first and second checked bags)..

¹⁵For flights to/from the Mainland.

¹⁶New fees for tickets bought on or after Jan. 18, 2009 for travel on or after ) Feb. 1, 2010. If you check bag online you pay the lower price for both 1st and 2nd checked bag.

¹⁷For Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air passengers traveling on tickets purchased or reissued on or after May 1, 2009 for travel on or after July 7, 2009

¹⁸For purchase of domestic Economy Class tickets on or after February 1, 2010

¹⁹for all bookings made on or after February 12, 2010, for travel on or after March 1, 2010

²⁰for travel to points serviced by Hawaiian Airlines other than wholly within the State of Hawaii