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JetBlue Airways is tacking connected an other interest for checked bags connected highest recreation days successful an effort to amended profitability.
The New York-based bearer told FOX Business that it will complaint an other $5 for nan first container checked, followed by an further $10 for nan 2nd container during high-traffic periods.
For JetBlue, nan costs for Blue Basic, Blue and Blue Extra travelers to cheque their first container wrong 24 hours of departure roseate to $45.
The costs for a 2nd checked container wrong 24 hours of departure besides accrued and could costs travelers upward of $50. Those costs don't see nan other complaint during highest times.
Passengers driblet their checked successful bags pinch JetBlue Airlines successful nan Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport connected May 16, 2022, successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images / Getty Images)
This summation applies to each flights wrong nan United States, Caribbean and Latin America during periods including Presidents’ week, Thanksgiving and nan wintertime holidays, nan bearer said. It besides applies to nan highest spring and summertime recreation season.
This announcement comes aft nan bearer raised nan interest for checked luggage successful February. CEO Joanna Geraghty said astatine nan clip that nan institution was taking "aggressive action" to return to profitability, including launching $300 cardinal of gross initiatives.
| JBLU | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP. | 7.12 | +0.27 | +3.94% |
JetBlue said Wednesday that nan "cost of transporting bags has gone up importantly owed to accrued wages and higher substance costs." On apical of that, nan bearer said it hasn't turned a profit since earlier nan pandemic.
TOP AIRLINES RAKE IN $33B FROM BAG FEES
"While we don’t for illustration expanding fees, we are making these adjustments to thief get our institution backmost to profitability and screen nan accrued costs," JetBlue said successful a connection to FOX Business.
By expanding fees for services that only definite customers usage during precocious request times, JetBlue said it "can support base fares arsenic debased arsenic possible and guarantee customer favorites for illustration seatback TVs and high-speed Wi-Fi stay free for everyone."
JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 takes disconnected from Los Angeles world Airport connected July 30, 2022, successful Los Angeles, California. ((Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) / Getty Images)
JetBlue said customers who purchased flights anterior to March 22 are exempt from highest pricing.
The bearer is besides encouraging customers to pre-pay for bags astatine slightest 1 time earlier their formation successful bid to prevention up to $10 disconnected connected their first and 2nd bag.
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Rivals American, United and Alaska besides raised nan costs of baggage fees.
| UAL | UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC. | 45.38 | +0.76 | +1.70% |
| AAL | AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC. | 14.22 | +0.07 | +0.46% |
| ALK | ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. | 44.08 | +2.18 | +5.20% |
Travelers cheque bags astatine nan JetBlue antagonistic astatine Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, connected May 21, 2022. ( Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Here are nan highest pricing dates for customers who booked aft March 22 (All different recreation dates would beryllium off-peak pricing):
April 11 - April 29, 2024
June 20 - Sept. 3, 2024
Nov. 21 - Dec. 2, 2024
Dec. 19 - Jan 6, 2025
Feb. 13 - Feb 24, 2025
April 3 - April 28, 2025
FOX Business' Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.
