{"id":2686,"date":"2008-07-09T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2008-07-09T18:29:44","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T01:29:44","slug":"add-another-to-the-unfriendly-skies-we-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2686","title":{"rendered":"Add Another To the Unfriendly Skies We Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Northwest Airlines has joined the parade of carriers that will charge for checked baggage.<\/p>\n<p>The airline, which has hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis\/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, announced the $15 charge today. It takes effect for any tickets purchased starting Thursday, July 10, and applies to travel that begins Aug. 28 and thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Northwest also will begin charging for frequent-flier tickets: $25 for domestic tickets, $50 for trans-Atlantic and $100 for trans-Pacific flights. The airline also plans to cut 2,500 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Northwest joins American and United airlines and US Airways in imposing the fee.<\/p>\n<p>Northwest President Doug Steenland, in a media statement, cited energy costs as the reason for the fee, calling the fuel issue \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unprecedented.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The airline also will increase its ticket change fee from $100 to $150.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> $25-50-100 for frequent flier tickets?  Uh, thank you for your loyalty, that will be $25-50-100 for the privilege.  Audacity, thy name is Northwest Airlines.  If you&#8217;re buying a ticket on Northwest to Kimberly, note that the change goes into effect tomorrow.   Be sure to check the date of purchase on your tickets &#8212; they can&#8217;t charge you retroactively, though United Airlines tried on my last flight.  Flyers beware. <\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>An unpaid advertisement for an airline that DOESN&#8217;T charge by the bag:<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.southwest.com\/content\/images\/home_page\/hp-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.southwest.com\/content\/images\/home_page\/hero_shot\/hero_bags_flyfree_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Airlines has joined the parade of carriers that will charge for checked baggage. The airline, which has hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis\/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, announced the $15 charge today. It takes effect for any tickets purchased starting Thursday, July 10, and applies to travel that begins Aug. 28 and thereafter. Northwest also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}