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Airline bag fees remain after oil price drop

 
By HARRY R. WEBER    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: December 28, 2008
photo - A sign displays checked baggage fees in September at a Northwest Airlines ticket counter at MBS International Airport in Freeland, Mich.AP PHOTO
A sign displays checked baggage fees in September at a Northwest Airlines ticket counter at MBS International Airport in Freeland, Mich.AP PHOTO

ATLANTA — When airlines started charging some passengers $15 or more earlier this year to check their bags, they blamed soaring fuel costs. Since then, the oil price has plummeted. Yet the industry hasn’t stowed away the bag fees.

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