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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, you're 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 base fare and see it broken down and that's where everybody is saying hey, you need to disclose th...

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 that's 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 prices, let's say you do have to pay for a carry-on of the 20 or 30 or 45 bucks, where does your startin...