exactly pint-sized. there are no kids specials on seats or food. this mom spent 6.50 in snacks and $21 for wi-fi on a two-hour flight. it is certainly a service that provides a benefit and it is totally optional. no one is forcing you to buy the food on the plane. i wish we could go back to the days when the food was free but it wasn t very good anyway. reporter: for those looking for cheaper fares, the best bet is christmas eve or christmas day. the most expensive days to travel, december 21st and 22nd. aditi roy, abc news. los angeles. it s all about the fees now. it is. and makes it hard to comparison shop. which is my biggest gripe about the fees. you are trying to find the cheapest ticket but you don t know until it is said and done. expedia.com and smartertravel.com have a list of what airline charges for fees. so it s a good thing to look at. good to compare to that. i miss the airline food even if i liked to complain about it. it was fun to complain about it. a
specializes. threadup.com, where you can buy a box of boys , five-year olds clothing. you shop by gender, size, by anal. you can even sell your children gently use clothing to make some money. alisyn: some of these clothes last a month or two. you say a neighborhood walk? get together with your children s friends parents or other people in the neighborhood or kabt your school s or contact your school s p.t.a. and set up a swap. maybe another family has crayons or ruling or an opportunity to swap kids clothing. alisyn: comparison shop. do your homework on-line. price graber helps you find the best deal. even ink jet willie.com is a great place to compare
they re taking in millions from those. am i led to belief that if there are fewer of them, we re going to see a lot more of these fees? the strategy is simple. because of the internet the consumer can see the price and by putting the fees on the back enit s more difficult to comparison shop. so you re go to see more fee and i was they can add more fees they will, until it gets to the point where the consumer pushes back. or another carrier combs in comes in and competes against them on certain routes. at some point it makes a business sense for a low-cost carrier to come in and compete against a legacy carrier, mega carriers. right now the airlinesser in driver seat or pilot s seat and the world is their oyster because they know we have to fly. but there s just one slowdown away from seeing the tables turn. when its comes to how they treat their customers, they re not getting very high marks.
can you see everything. they try to back end a lot of the fees and put their best face forward but it s more difficult for the consumer to try to figure out what is my actual cost to flying and staying in a hotel. show up $99. get there resort fees $129. it s hard to comparison shop. talk to a travel agent they know those fees. united airlines saying you can have extra leg room as much as you want for $499, get an extra baggage fee for $349. if you are not traveling all the time it s not worth it. as much as you want? all that extra leg room. not a lot. it s more comfortable as a frequent traveler if i flew a lot on united i would probably step up and do that for the annual fee. if i m below a u.s. air free chairman status free upgrade. those types of things people will pay for. checked bags if i m going to fly every week i want to check my bags. people who get hit are
today s reporter roulette. here we go. jojahn, straight to you in miami where newt gingrich is interest to hold a big event there. last night he had a bit of a weaker showing. what is his tacamp saying about that today? the first observation i have to make is the candidate looking a little tired here in south florida. a long slug down from jacksonville after the debate. now here? south florida, pu now here in florida, pushing for the hispanic vote. he s wishing certain questions had been asked in certain ways. meanwhile, the speaker, as i said, reaching out to the latino voters here in south florida, really making a big play over h support of his portion of the dream act that will allow military who are immigrants to go on to become american citizens. hoping that plays very well with the immigrant community here in south florida. as we move into the weekend, newt gingrich is planning just a flurry of activity across this state to try to drum up support. because, frankly,