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You're booking on spirit. >> spirit usually really great, economical. $432 was the base fare i saw on-line for that same new york to dallas flight. one checked bag, that is $45. a carry-on bag is $50 each way. they charge for carry-on bag if it doesn't fit under your seat. factor in a couple of snacks, an extra $200 on that base fare $632. >> jetblue. >> new york to dallas $558 the base fare. free checked bags, free snacks still $558. depending on what kind of traveler you are, you can pick -- >> we can compare all three and so it turns out if you don't have to check a bag and all that stuff, ...

Of which charge any fee for the first checked bag. >> so the higher the fees, the higher the satisfaction. gabe, are you buying what that survey is selling? >> well, nobody is jumping for joy because they have to pay to check a bag. when these fees were put into place, we were feeling as travelers nickel and dimed. the airlines were telling us they were guying us choice and that message is resonating better. we're wrapping our heads around the new normal. the base fare is competitive and then if you really want that aisle seat, you want to check your bag, if you want extra leg room, you just h...

Could basically advertise just their base fare, especially that great low fare that you see there in the ads, and for fees and taxes, you had to read the fine print or you had to click click click through pages on the website, and in the case of discount airlines like spirit, the fees and the taxes could actually total more than the fare. spirit is known for this $9 fare advertising gimmick. now, these baggage and cancellations and other fees have been a growing source of revenue for the airlines. more than $5 billion a year for the industry, more than $100 million a year for spirit in specifi...

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What's funded to repair all of those things you see broken at airports, as well as the tarmacs. and with all of those unbundled fees that we now have, the airlines are no longer required to pay the excise tax on all of  and, you know, aisle seat, window seat fees that they used to have to pay when it was included in the base fare. that money's not there in the trust fund any longer, which has now been depleted. and the passenger facility charges that the airports charge in order to pay for upgrades of the airport and to keep an airport looking nice and hygienic, those haven't been raised in l...