Spirit Airlines to charge passengers for carry on bags

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Unbundled airline fees reach the overhead bin
Spirit Airlines the first U.S. carrier to introduce charge for carry-on bags

The budget carrier announced Tuesday it will begin charging a fee of up to $45 for each piece of carry-on luggage placed in overhead bins. The fees will be assessed on travel August 1 and beyond.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36199332/ns/travel-news/

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Airline considers fee for lavatory use

(CNN) -- Fresh on the heels of one budget airline announcing that it will ask passengers to pay extra to bring carry-on bags on board, another is considering charging them for using the lavatory.

Ryanair, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, and bills itself as "Europe's first and largest low fares airline," is mulling a plan that would require travelers to pay either 1 euro or 1 British pound (about $1.33 or $1.52) for using the bathroom on flights lasting one hour or less.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/07/ryanair.lavatory.fee/index.html

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No one here sheds a tear for the airlines, maybe we can see Ock superimpose a High Speed Train onto a Boeing 757.