Airlines Put $10 Surcharge on Busy Travel Days

American Airlines originally created the surcharge for domestic flights for the Sunday following Thanksgiving and the weekend of Jan. 2-3, the dates during which many Americans will be returning home from Christmas and New Year's trips. According to Business Week, United Airlines and Delta are also implementing this surcharge.

“Passengers already pay more to fly on certain days – typically, cheaper airfares are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays – but American and United have now upped the ante, by determining that certain peak travel days are worth an additional passenger-paid ‘premium,’” Graeme Wallace of Farecompare.com was quoted by BusinessWeek.

At this time airlines including Jet Blue, Continental, Southwest, Alaska Airlines and AirTran are not going to be charging the fee.

Airlines have been looking for all sorts of ways to increase revenue with fees. Many carriers adopted a fee for baggage and some have placed surcharges on window and aisle seats as well.

Written by Cheryl Phillips
Providence, RI
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