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By David Koenig
Associated Press
POSTED: 02:54 p.m. EST, Nov 02, 2009
DALLAS: If you plan to travel around the upcoming holidays, prepare to pay a little more — again.
Several of the largest U.S. airlines have increased a surcharge for travel on the busiest travel days to $20 each way, up from $10.
The surcharges apply to a large number of flights within the U.S. on more than a dozen peak days around holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.
Delta, American, United, US Airways and Northwest all boosted their surcharge on some routes, said Tom Parsons, who runs the discount travel site Bestfares.com.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith confirmed the higher surcharges today. He said that although airlines are filing the increases as a surcharge this time, ''fares on those peak days have always tended to be higher. It's a matter of supply and demand.
Smith said the increases started late last week with US Airways, and ''most other airlines, including American, have matched.''
US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant confirmed the higher peak-day surcharges, but he said his airline did so only ''to match moves by our competitors.''
Officials at Delta, which owns Northwest, and United did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Parsons, the travel Web site operator, said the increases were part of a clear trend in airline pricing.
''With airlines downsizing, fuel going up and airlines still losing money,'' he said, ''we're going to pay more for family vacations going into 2010.''
The airlines' busiest days tend to fall right before or after a major holiday — Thanksgiving and Christmas themselves are often slow travel days.
As examples of the new $20 one-way surcharge — it's usually folded into the price of a ticket you buy online — Parsons cited several itineraries for Dec. 27, the Saturday after Christmas.
On that day, you'll pay a $20 each-way surcharge to take American from Dallas to Los Angeles, United from Chicago to New Orleans, Delta from New York to Albuquerque, N.M., and US Airways from Charlotte, N.C., to Orange County, Calif.
DALLAS: If you plan to travel around the upcoming holidays, prepare to pay a little more — again.
Several of the largest U.S. airlines have increased a surcharge for travel on the busiest travel days to $20 each way, up from $10.
The surcharges apply to a large number of flights within the U.S. on more than a dozen peak days around holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.
Delta, American, United, US Airways and Northwest all boosted their surcharge on some routes, said Tom Parsons, who runs the discount travel site Bestfares.com.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith confirmed the higher surcharges today. He said that although airlines are filing the increases as a surcharge this time, ''fares on those peak days have always tended to be higher. It's a matter of supply and demand.
Smith said the increases started late last week with US Airways, and ''most other airlines, including American, have matched.''
US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant confirmed the higher peak-day surcharges, but he said his airline did so only ''to match moves by our competitors.''
Officials at Delta, which owns Northwest, and United did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Parsons, the travel Web site operator, said the increases were part of a clear trend in airline pricing.
''With airlines downsizing, fuel going up and airlines still losing money,'' he said, ''we're going to pay more for family vacations going into 2010.''
The airlines' busiest days tend to fall right before or after a major holiday — Thanksgiving and Christmas themselves are often slow travel days.
As examples of the new $20 one-way surcharge — it's usually folded into the price of a ticket you buy online — Parsons cited several itineraries for Dec. 27, the Saturday after Christmas.
On that day, you'll pay a $20 each-way surcharge to take American from Dallas to Los Angeles, United from Chicago to New Orleans, Delta from New York to Albuquerque, N.M., and US Airways from Charlotte, N.C., to Orange County, Calif.
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Bath, OH
Posted 04:15 PM, 11/02/2009
Surchage? Why don't they call it was it is, a higher fare ? GEEZE !!!
akron, oh
Posted 05:58 PM, 11/02/2009
that's ok--I didn't plan on flying anytime soon--can't afford it no matter what the price.
Paradise, Oh
Posted 06:37 PM, 11/02/2009
Even with gas prices up, driving seems like a much better alternative than having a German shepherd sniffing your can while you stand there with your shoes off.
Flying is the worst!
