Here’s hoping excess fees are on the way out for good.
In a passably unusual bend of event , it looks like airlines are finally giving passengers a hint of financial relief .
Just when we thought airlines were only out to make everything more expensive ( think back thevery recent luggage fee hike ? ) , two excellently low - monetary value US airlines suddenly waivedchange and cancelationfees .
Last calendar week , Frontier announce it would waive both change and cancelation fees . Soon after , Spirit followed suit . The airlinetook to its websiteto share that " cancelation fees are canceled for everyone " and " change fee are gone for all . "
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Given that major airlines , including Delta , United , and American , have officially waived most of their alteration and cancelation fees over the past couple of year and that other low - cost common carrier have antecedently done the same , it feels safe to say this course — in one loop or another — is here to stay .
JetBlue , for model , does n’t charge change fee on most fare , except its Blue Basic fare , and Southwest allows its passenger to change or cancel their flight without incur a penalty . In Alaska Airlines ' case , change and cancelation fee are only waived for Main and first - class fares . Breeze Airways , on the other helping hand , prides itself on not saddle a alteration and cancelation fee up until 15 minutes before takeoff .
However , considering its report inthe theater of extra fees , Spirit ’s decision is of promissory note . Reportedly , the airline used to charge anywhere between $ 69 and $ 119 to either transfer or cancel your ticket , with the amount deviate depending on how tight to departure you ’d make the asking . Now , the airline seems to be trying to ply more to its passengers ' desires .
" As we continue to see the demand and free-enterprise environments develop , we know that we must also change with the clip , " Spirit ’s Chief Commercial Officer Matt Klein said earlier this month , NBC Newsreports . " We will go along to test out fresh merchandising strategies , which we anticipate will change how we think about the factor of full receipts generation . "
