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Spirit Airlines Considers Spiking Bag Fees During Peak Travel Times

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Most Spirit customers try to avoid checking and waiting for bags like these passengers at Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport.  Flickr / Doug Waldron

Skift Take

Spirit Airlines is closely watched by the industry and successful initiatives will influence other carriers' actions. The only thing worse than being hated is being bankrupt.

Flyers are used to airfares jumping during peak travel times throughout the year. But ancillaries -- the bag, blanket, and headphone fees that airlines are currently getting high on -- tend to remain steady throughout the year. They remain flyers' major gripe, but they are consistent. And that could all soon change. Spirit Airlines, the airline that flyers lov

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