JetBlue has started an unfortunate trend of increasing the price for checked baggage, United has already followed and now Air Canada/WestJet are informing customers that they will be increasing the fees for baggage. Tickets issued before August 21st, 2018 or travel before October 5th, 2018 will get grand fathered into the old rates of $25 CAD/USD per direction plus taxes and fees for the first bag and $35 CAD/USD per direction plus taxes and fees for the second bag. Tickets after those dates will be charged $30 CAD/USD per direction plus taxes and fees for the first bag and $50 CAD/USD plus taxes and fees on the second bag.
At this stage it’s more likely to be a case of when, not if American Airlines & Delta will increase the price for checked baggage. Apart from the price increase itself one thing I hate about checked baggage fees being increased is that it creates an issue with carry on baggage as more people want to travel with just carry on. Overhead bin space is already an issue on most flights I’m on these days and I guess that is only going to get worse as these fees continue to rise.
