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Of an airline ticket in july went up 20%. so this is peak season for travel. so people are still flying. but as you know, more people drive than do fly. >> yeah, they absolutely do. of course, youre going some place far away in a limited time, you have to fly. is this a business model now that airlines have adopted fee additions for every little thing? keep the basic airfare low and do it a la carte. you add about 25% to your ticket in these fees in taxes. that is a lot. you have to look at that...

Pretty darn essential. but no one is saying that if you sell a car in texas, you must put air conditioning in the car. you can still save a couple hundred bucks and not get it. and thats what this is all about is consumers can decide whether they think our tradeoff of a very low entry fare and a fee for carry-on the bag is a good tradeoff and right now, customers are responding really positively to this. >> ok, so ben, just for people who have not been on your web site and checked out your price...