Thomson tops price hike for airline baggage
Thomson has seen the largest increase in baggage fees among airlines – a hike of 47% since 2012.
An annual study by price comparison website Travel Supermarket looked at which carrier’s fees had risen most for ‘extras’ such as luggage and allocated seating.
Thomson Airways has increased the cost of a typical 20kg bag on short haul routes from £15 to £22 each way.
EasyJet’s baggage fee has risen from £14.50 to £18, since March 2012, while Ryanair, Flybe and Jet2 have all raised their baggage fees by at least 10%.
Charges for overweight items of hand luggage has also risen.
Monarch now charges £50, up 67% from £30. Flybe charges £40, up 33% from £30 and British Airways also charges £40, a 14% increase from £35. Ryanair has increased by 8% to £140 from £130.
Pressure from the Office of Fair Trading over debit and credit card fees meant that most airlines actually cut their charges since last year.
But other airlines have increased their ‘booking fee’, including Ryanair (£6 to £7), Aer Lingus (£6 to £7) and easyJet (£9 to £10).
Admin charges are also up with Thomas Cook now charging £30 for a name change – up from £20 and Monarch charging £35, up from £27.50 since last year.
Ryanair now charges £30 for travelling with an infant, up from £20, with Monarch, charging £20, up from £15.
Ryanair has also increased its fee for re-issuing a boarding pass from £60 to £70, up 17%.
A recent Travel Supermarket poll of over 1,600 website visitors found 72% wanted a flight ticket which included everything.
Only 5% said extras kept the price of flights down.
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