Traveling Is Getting More Expensive. So Are Your Bags.

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Travelers need to budget for yet another rising cost – baggage fees. The way some airlines charge for bags has become more complicated and expensive. WSJ reporter Alison Sider joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	I'm Adiana Spoodoo for the Wall Street Journal, filling in for J.R. Waylan.
0:47.0	Booking a summer trip? It might be time to pay extra attention to those bag fees.
0:54.0	Airlines are raising the cost to check a bag.
0:57.0	Right now they're saying, look, we haven't touched our bag fees since, in most cases, 2018,
1:02.0	and the price of everything has gone up. So airlines are paying more for labor, they're paying more for fuel, and they just need to raise these prices to sort of cover their costs.
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1:55.7	W. S. J. reporter Allison Sider looked into this and joins me
2:00.3	Allison, what's the average cost of checking a bag now?
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