Additional Airline Charges on Peak Travel Days This Summer
For sure, this is one airline news that travelers this summer will not like. Airlines will add a 10 to 30$ surcharge (for each one-way domestic flight) on peak travel days this summer.
How are we ever going to travel on budget this summer if airlines keep doing such things?!
Five big airlines (American, Delta, Continental, United and US Airways) have surcharges on most flights on 73 of 74 days from June 10 through Aug. 22. July 4 has no surcharge though.
Big airlines' most common surcharge is $20 and is most frequently charged on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays. So travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. A $30 usually happens on Sundays. So avoid traveling on a Sunday.
The way airlines are going, make sure to save on other aspects of your travel. Like your hotel rooms and other accommodation options.