Seven Smart Ways to Bypass Baggage Fees

In the first quarter of 2010, the U.S. airline industry made more than $ 760 million in revenue from baggage fees, an increase of 33 percent over the same period last year. These numbers imply that legions of passengers are continuing to shell out hundreds of dollars for optional charges that can be avoided with modest effort. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid the airline’s barrage of baggage fees — tricks that the airlines probably don’t want you to know about.

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