Airline companies now are adding extra fee, you have to pay for an extra blanket. Some will charge the 3rd bag you carry. If you purchase tickets according on the lowest fare, there is a big possibility that you will pay more potential fees.

Telephone bookings are quite expensive as much as $35.But if you book online it is free of charge.        Before free food and meals are provided, now you will pay for your meals.

Visit this site http://wiki.smartertravel.com/index.php/Airline_fees for the complete guide and chart.

American Airlines offers free companion ticket for the price of one on your next getaway if your trip is the United Kingdom or the Caribbean Sea.

Between now and December 31, 2008, customers who purchase a ticket on American Airlines and fly round trip from the United States to the United Kingdom will be rewarded a free companion ticket for future travel to the United Kingdom and the Caribbean start from January 15, 2009 and December 15, 2009.

You will just fly American Airlines round trip to the United Kingdom and select what accommodation you want to book, from First Class, Business Class and Economy Class, and you can earn free companion ticket for future travel.

Once you acquired the free companion ticket, you can choose to fly to the United Kingdom or enjoy some holidays in the Caribbean.

To participate in this offer, just book and travel on your qualifying ticket between September 18 and December 31, 2008. Register before your trip at http://www.aa.com/ offers using promotion code UKCMP. Be sure you are subscribed to at least one of American’s e-mail products as of Dec. 31, 2008, in order to receive your companion ticket.

If you’re not an AAdvantage member, it’s easy and free. Just go to http://www.aa.com/enroll.

Moscow – Russian investigator doesn’t believe that engine failure was the cause of plane crash in Russia last weekend that killed all 88 passengers. Both engines on the plane where working when it crashed when it is about to land on land in Perm, according to The Interstate Aviation Committee.

“There is no indication of an engine fire or the aircraft breaking up in the air” said the Interstate Aviation Committee which investigates the air crash. Earlier Russian transport initially blamed the incident on engine failure.

Before the crash, the jets pilot was disobeying orders to descend to the final approach instead taking the jets into higher altitudes.

Southwest Airlines official said that they will stop operations to and from Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans after 5:30 PM today because of the bad weather from Hurricane Gustav. It will plan to resume on September 3 but will depend on the available personnel.
Southwest Airlines encourages travelers to contact for reservations or travel advisories at (800) 435-9792.