How bag fees, seat selection, and boarding restrictions can make basic economy the more expensive choice.

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The rules around carry-on size are more specific than most passengers realize. The difference between a free personal item ...

Spirit Airlines’ demise makes it even easier for airlines to charge higher fares.

The major U.S. airline has shut down due to financial strain after failing to obtain a $500 million government bailout or to ...

Budget flights helped make recruiting and team travel affordable. With Spirit gone and Southwest in full rebrand, smaller ...

Who could have imagined that the U.S. government would deem a budget airline too big to fail? Yet here we are, as President ...

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