With checked bag rates rising, you might want to consider baggage fees at major US airlines before you book a ticket.

Airline baggage fees can vary greatly, and there's nothing worse than being hit by surprise fees after booking. At TPG, we aim to please — in other words, we try to help readers spend smarter to ...

Spirit Airlines is a low-cost carrier that flies to over 90 destinations in the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America. Many budget travelers are attracted to the airline’s low fares. Unfortunately, ...

Since January, five of the biggest United States airlines raised their checked bag fees. Most recently, United Airlines hiked checked baggage fees for customers traveling in North America after ...

As airline baggage fees climb, a once-overlooked travel trick is gaining traction. Here's when it makes sense and how to do ...

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Like many airlines, American Airlines charges fees for checked bags. These fees can add up quickly, especially if you have more than one bag or multiple travelers. American Airlines offers a ...

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This brought new meaning to arriving with only the clothes on his back. An enterprising UK traveler has devised an ingenious — albeit unconventional way — to circumvent baggage fees at the airport: by ...

An attorney who said she "flies a lot" found a way around increasingly steep baggage fees for air travel — and spoke out on "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on Friday about her "creative" packing hack.