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Should the government cap airline luggage fees?

Another airline has raised checked baggage fees. Is the Department of Transportation about to do something about it?

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Christopher Elliott
Mar 08, 2024
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Is the government about to limit airline luggage fees?

That's a question worth asking after Delta Air Lines joined the other major domestic carriers in raising luggage fees this week. Delta upped its checked baggage fees by $5 to $35 for the first bag, citing "rising industry costs."

The timing was interesting.

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