If you check more than a bag or two when you fly, the costs can add up quickly. Erica Ho at Map Happy looked at which airlines cost the least—and the most—in terms of baggage fees.
The table below shows the cost of each checked bag on different airlines, all the way up to the 10th. Virgin America's policy was by far the best, followed by Southwest, Alaska, and JetBlue.
If you're only checking a few bags, it probably doesn't make a big difference overall. But if you're moving across the country, for example, and have a lot of luggage to bring, it can make a huge difference:
To demonstrate the cost differential, let's take a look at how much it costs to check ten 50-pound bags in total. (That's 500 pounds of checked baggage.) On American Airlines, after assessing for excess baggage costs, it would cost $1610 in total to check 10 items. On Virgin America, that same amount of luggage would amount to $250, shaving $1360 off the total cost.
Check out the full post at the link below.
Virgin America Is the Best Airline for Moving | Map Happy
Photo by Robert S. Donovan.
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