<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/295e033a-5667-45dc-bce6-8efc96c68bd7/862B7C38-C4B3-4DFC-AE7D-2B59DB7C4A52/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html" href="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html" style="font-size: 11px;">current.newsweek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html"><SPAN class="blog_timestamp">Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008, 5:27 PM</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html"><STRONG>In the latest</STRONG> in the seemingly never-ending series of announcements by airlines on the new fees they are levying on customers, Delta said yesterday that it will now charge people $50 <EM>each way</EM> to check a second bag on domestic flights, double the current $25</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html">Starting Aug. 1, US Airways will even start charging passengers $2 for a Coke or a bottle of water</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html"><P>What does strike me in relation to the constant stream of new fees by the airlines is the increasingly negative reaction of people who fly regularly. Rather than becoming inured to all the extra fees, passengers are becoming more and more incensed. Just take a look at a sample of comments posted by <A target="_blank" href="http://consumerist.com/5030913/delta-to-charge-50-for-the-second-checked-bag-125-for-a-third">readers of the Consumerist blog</A> in reaction to the latest Delta announcement:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/07/delta_raises_baggage_feesagain.html"><STRONG>In all seriousness, what can airline passengers do in reaction to all the fees? Are there any avenues left, short of not flying? </STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/862B7C38-C4B3-4DFC-AE7D-2B59DB7C4A52/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks:  Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!