Nightly News   |  November 17, 2009

Cost of flying soars on peak travel days

Nov. 17: The three largest airline carriers are expanding the use of surcharges on the busiest travel days. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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>>> a u.s. automaker.

>>> they have added fees in the past for baggage and food and pillows and blankets, and now major u.s. airlines, including delta, united, northwest, us airways , are either adding or increasing another surcharge, as they call it. in effect it's a surcharge for flying when a lot of people want to fly. for flying during the busiest times of the year like spring and summer. the amount of this surcharge, perhaps we should go ahead and call it a fare increase, it all over the map. it seems to begin at around $30. how about you want to fly the day after the super bowl ? that surcharge will cost you $50 extra days on top of your ticket price.

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