Air Travel: The Baggage Fee Revenue Timeline

Other Airlines *hipmunk Alaska Airlines BAGGAGE FEE REVENUE TIMELINE Delta Air Lines Hipmunk is dedicated to taking the (Agony out of flight search. Alas, we can't do anything about baggage fees - yet. It seems as if nothing can stop their rise, especially after the IRS announced that revenues from baggage fees are tax-free on January 15, 2010. Below and, sadly, to the right, we dig into two decades' worth of baggage fee data... and it was a lot of data. Each is equivalent to about $4,535,900 (that's also how much cash, in $100 bills, it would take to fill a suitcase to the 100lb weight limit) With the exception of Spirit Airlines, no major airlines charge for carry-on luggage. AirTran Airways But how much do they charge for checked bags? Prices listed are based on round-trip, domestic flights within the USA as of 02/02/11. carry-on American Airlines checked bag the baggage fee pricing matrix unpleasant things to travel with (sports equipment) 1 bag 2 bags 3 bags additional overweight Delta Air Lines $400 $50 $120 $370 $400 $180-350 American Airlines $50 $120 $320 $200-300 $120-200 $300 up to Continental Airlines $50 $120 $320 $200 $100 $300 up to AirTran Airways $40 $90 $190 $100 $98-158 258 JetBlue Airways US Airways $50 $120 $370 $250 200 $180-350 Southwest Airlines United Airlines $50 $120 $320 $200 $180-350 $200 US Airways up to Alaska Airlines $40 $80 $120 $100 $100 $- 90 JetBlue Airways FREE $60 $210 $150 $100-200 $100 Southwest Airlines FREE FREE $100 $100-220 $100 $100 Other Airlines Continental Airlines United Airlines Shaun Z011 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010* *(Q1-Q3) $37.2 MM $ 3.5 MM $ 165 MM $ 22 MM $ 260 MM $ 81 мм $66.8 MM $ 531 MM $ 57 MM $ 16 MM $ 97 MM $56.7 MM $51.4 MM $34.0 мм $31.2 MM $37.9 MM $35.8 мм $45.2 MM $39.3 MM $42.4 мм $84.3 MM $36.3 MM $38.8 MM $50.4 мм $57.2 MM 67 мм $ 2.2 MM $ 2.4 MM $ 2.8 MM $ 3.4 MM $21.8 MM $ 3.7 мм $ 4.4 MM $ 4.4 MM $ 4.5 MM $ 5.8 MM $ 7.0 MM $13.6 MM $ 59 MM $ 482 MM $ 146 MM $ 475 MM $ 53 MM $ 3.7 мм $ 3.9 мм $ 8.9 MM $13.4 MM $ 14 MM $64.4 MM $ 177 MM $ 29 MM $ 278 MM $ 35 мм $ 25 MM $ 187 MM $10.8 MM $13.0 MM $19.3 MM $22.4 MM $21.4 MM $23.6 MMI $24.6 MM $27.1 MM $31.0 MM $29.9 MM $29.5 MM $37.2 MM $52.2 MM $55.4 MM 83 мм $ 733 MM $ 4.1 MM $ 112 MM $ 432 MM $ 43 мм .1 мм .4 мм .7 мм 8 мм 2$ 9 мм $33.2 MM $ 119 MM $ 10 MM $ 21 MM $ 125 MM $ 16 мм $16.9 MM $26.9 мм $38.1 MM $39.0 MM $35.8 MM $36.3 MM $37.2 MM $36.3 MM $30.7 MM $34.5 MM $30.3 MM $44.2 MM $63.4 мм S67.1 мм $81.8 MM $ 4.7 MM $ 2.4 MM $ 3.0 MM $ 1.6 MM S 3.3 мм $ 1.1 MM $ 1.4 MM $ 1,6 MM S 2.0 мм $ 2.2 MM $ 2.9 MM $ 2.8 MM $ 2.9 MM $ 3.3 MM $ 27 MM $ 432 MM S 254 MM .5 мм .6 MM .7 мм .7 мм $ 1,3 MM $16.5 MM $ 21 MM $ 23 мм $ 5.9 MM $ 5.9 мм $ 6.9 MM $ 7.2 MM $ 8.8 мм $ 7.2 MM $ 7.2 мм $ 8.3 мм $ 8.9 мм $ 8.5 MM $11.3 мм $11.8 MM $12.1 MM $15.2 MM $19.3 MM $18.8 MM $ 23 мм $ 28 MM $ 388 мм $ 9.8 MM $27,1 MM $ 258 MM $ 240 MM $11.1 MM $11.6 MM $13.1 MM $12.5 MM $11.5 MM $10.0 MM $11.2 MM $14.9 MM $18.7 MM $17.2 MM $14.1 MM $16.9 MM $25.0 MM $32.1 мм 46 мм S 43 мм $ 98 MM $15.2 MM $15.9 MM $19.4 MM $24.3 MM $23.8 MM $23.3 MM $22.8 MM $23.4 MM $24.5 MM $25.8 MM $25.2 MM $22.3 MM $19.4 MM $38.2 мм S39.1 мм $39.2 MM $ 51 мм $ 53 MM $133 мм $ 269 MM http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/1002004.pdf http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=295 http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/baggage_fees/ sources O 2011 Hipmunk, Inc. $119,375,000 $127,665,000 $134,191,000 $141,007,000 $144,151,000 $144,151,000 $144,151,000 $154,538,000 $154,353,000 $163,817,000 $209,809,000 $152,959,000 $180,226,000 $259,156,000 $285,754,000 $341,935,000 $441,033,000 $464.286,000 $1,149,613,000 $2,728,849,000 $2,569,729,000* kg peubisep Shaun Sanders