CNN Your Money August 17, 2013 18:28:00
International airport. before jetblue landed at reagan, us airways charged $1200 a ticket. after they landed at reagan, they dropped to $500. reduced competition has allowed them to raise fares and charge you more for things like checking your bag or changing your ticket. the u.s. airways president said, quote, consolidation has also allowed the industry to do things like ancillary revenues. this is a structured permanent change in the industry and one that's impossible to overstate the benefit from it. when i think about ancillary revenues, i think about paying for snacks and headphones on th...
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