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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — United Airlines is raising its checked-bag fees.
Customers can expect a $10 increase on the first and second checked bags and an additional $50 for the third bag. Some travelers, like Michelle, who was flying back home to Texas from Boston, say they are feeling the financial strain.
"It was $40," she said. "I think it used to be $35 or something like that."
The increase follows JetBlue Airlines' price hike in response to rising fuel prices that the company attributed to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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"Oil is a big part of their cost, so I think they need to do that," one traveler said. "Whether the cost increase at the crude oil level is necessary at all is another question, but I think what the airlines are doing is fair."
The discussion has others rethinking their travel budgets.
"For most people, it's already expensive enough traveling, so another $10 to $50 is significant," another traveler said.
The price of fuel has increased by at least 50% since the U.S.-Israeli regime initiated the attack on Iran.
WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@jamesrojas.bsky.social) reports.