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Airlines Get Billions From Unbundled Services
Hugh Pickens writes "In hearings before Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that airlines reported revenue of $7.9 billion from baggage fees and reservation change and cancellation fees in calendar years 2008 and 2009 — fees on unbundled services that once were considered part of the ticket price. 'We believe that the proliferation of these fees and the manner in which they are presented to the traveling public can be confusing and in some cases misleading,' says Robert Rivkin, the Department of Transportation's general counsel. Published fares used by consumers to choose flights don't 'clearly represent the cost of travel when these services are added.' However, Spirit Airlines President and CEO Ben Baldanza defended the practice of unbundling, saying it allows his airline to charge lower fares (PDF) and allows the customers the choice to purchase the services or not."
Shut up, you double nigger.
Exactly - They are being egregious on all levels and then being deceptive about it. All big corporations are just raping the public top to bottom because they can and no one does anything about it. Banks, Airlines, Energy companies, Grocery stores, Gas stations - when does it end?
You want to go by weight? I weight 160lbs and my wife is 105lbs. Why should she pay the same like me? Why can't she have an extra bag? Why can that fat as fuck American sitting next to me get the same price
160 lbs of asshole in a 150 lb bag...
Citation, please (other than World Net Daily or Glenn Beck)
You are welcome on my lawn.
Offtopic, but with regard to your attack on overweight people (which may be from a medical condition and not from overeating as morons like you assume), fuck you and your whore wife in all your usable holes. Also, keep your stinking mouth shut in real life, because you will get what you asked for.