if you give your car greater fuel economy and greater fuel efficiency. if you are going to fly how to you avoid all of this? last year we paid 2.5 billion in baggage fees alone. so iveng if you go to an airline get it to dodge a lot of these fees. you should run calculations, run the fees run the numbers. over 300 fees it looks like across all of the different airlines. you can make your choice accordingly. before you book you should go there and see. there is quite a few discrepancies from one airline to the next. it s not all listed when you do the search engine. you also might be booking a hotel. big fares are up but they are taking cue from the airlines. there are fees to check in early a fee to watch your bag, a fee for self parking.