United Airlines follows JetBlue with $30 bag fee
Starting today United Airlines will begin charging passengers $30 to check their first bag, up from $25. United is following JetBlue with the fee hike, and other airlines are falling in line.
Also today, American and Delta raise fees for checked bags to $60 on international flights only. My guess is that they'll quietly up the domestic fee to $30 over the Labor Day Weekend. Air Canada and Westjet increased their first bag fees to $30 this week, too.
No collusion, right?