May 27, 2012
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American to charge for front-row seats
21 August 2010 / REUTERS, CHICAGO
American Airlines said it would charge a fee to customers who want to sit in the first few rows of the coach class cabin.
It is the latest moved in a continuing a trend among airlines to bolster revenue with creative fees on perks that used to be included in the ticket price. The carrier said the program called “Express Seats” lets passengers pay to sit in those seats and enter the plane in the first group, to speed boarding and exiting. The fee starts at $19 for short flights like St. Louis to Chicago and rises to $39 for longer trips like Chicago to Honolulu. The program applies to travel within the United States, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Customers may purchase the seats only at airport self-service check-in machines any time from 24 hours to 50 minutes before departure. Cash-strapped airlines have been tapping into new ancillary revenue streams to offset historically low ticket prices and volatile fuel costs.
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