Some airlines raise fares up to $10 round-trip; discounters like Southwest don’t match
By APMonday, January 4, 2010
Airlines hike fares up to $10 round-trip
MINNEAPOLIS — Some airlines are raising fares.
FareCompare.com, a fare-tracking Web site, says United Airlines added as much as $10 round-trip to U.S. fares. Most of the increases United filed Dec. 30 were $6 round-trip.
FareCompare says the other big airlines matched, except discounters Southwest, JetBlue, and AirTran. Rick Seaney of FareCompare says the price increases avoided routes that overlap with the cheaper airlines. The increases also don’t apply to fare sales that are running through March.
Seaney says this makes four successful airfare hikes for 2009. Airlines have been eager to begin raising fares after using discounts to fill seats during the recession.
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