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Dec 14, 2012, 8:48 am

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Originally Posted by zachary

According to this story, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8BD0SY20121214, WN will be increasing third bag fees, raising some fees on Air Tran, and adding a fee for no-showing a flight.

I can't say I'm surprised; but, an increased fee on third bags won't impact most of us. However, "implement[ing] a no-show fee for restricted tickets that are not canceled by passengers prior to departure" would have more of an impact (although, if it literally means "departure," then it shouldn't be too bad).

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Originally Posted by zachary

Also, supposedly adding fees "tied to the sale of open and premium boading positions," whatever that means.

Well, it says "roll out new fees tied to the sale of open and premium boarding positions at airport gates" (emphasis added). Since it says "new fees," my guess is that they'll offer un-used BS fare (and, maybe A-List/A-List Preferred) boarding position for sale at the gate for a fee, which is probably smart. It would have to be more than EBCI though - maybe $20-$25?

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