chicagotribune.com - Travel: Airline to charge for boarding pass

chicagotribune.com - Travel Headlines from chicagotribune.com Airline to charge for boarding pass 24 Jun 2011, 6:57 pm CNN 12:57 p.m. CDT, June 24, 2011 (CNN) The extensive menu of airline fees is growing again -- at least at one low-cost carrier. Florida-based Spirit Airlines has announced it will charge a $5 fee for passengers who ask an agent to print their boarding pass at the airport. You can bypass the fee by checking in online and printing your own boarding pass or by checking in at an airport kiosk — for now. (Starting next summer, boarding passes at airport kiosks will cost $1.) The new policy applies to all domestic and international flights booked for travel Nov. 1 and beyond. At the same time, Spirit says it is lowering fares on all nonstop flights by $5 each way. It's the first U.S. carrier to charge a boarding pass fee. In Europe, Ireland-based low-cost airline Ryanair has a similar, though more expensive, policy. Last year Spirit became the first carrier in the United States to implement a fee for carry-ons. In March, it added fees for travelers who wait to pay for carry-on or checked luggage within 24 hours of departure. Spirit proudly calls itself "the unbundling leader in the industry," offering low base fares and charging fees for any extra service. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.