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Newly Unbundled Fares Complicating Policies.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 28-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
From select coach seat assignments to a second checked piece of luggage, inflight meals and the upcoming introduction of onboard Wi-Fi, fuel-battered airlines continue to find new sources of ancillary revenue--including some once included in the base fare.

Travel buyers said the increase of unbundling and upselling only adds complexity to managing travel and tracking expenses, although they expect more carriers to continue to expand a la carte pricing models.

According to results of a poll of 156 corporate travel buyers conducted by Topaz International on behalf of Business Travel News, nearly 94 percent agreed carriers would further increase ancillary fees through unbundling service options, and 56 percent said fare unbundling would make it more difficult to monitor airline expenses.

Among the most recent examples, most major domestic carriers in the past few months adopted a $25 fee for coach passengers to check...

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