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Airlines Divine New Ways to Get New Fees

Want to sit where it's easier to get overhead bin space and be first off the plane?  On American Airlines, it's going to cost you.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Want to sit where it's easier to get overhead bin space and be first off the plane? On American Airlines, it's going to cost you. US airlines are "relentlessly… unbundling," which means they're charging for services that used to come with the price of the ticket. That's according to Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Michael Hiltzik

    business columnist for the LA Times

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