Articles tagged “ancillary revenue”

On short-haul flights, airlines have just about levied all the fees they can. But fees are just starting to creep in on long-haul flights. Expect that trend to continue in the next few years.

More hotels are realizing that charging people for Wi-Fi access isn't going to win them any brownie points. But beyond consumer ire, including angry TripAdvisor reviews, hoteliers should probably be more concerned about the Federal Trade Commission stepping in and clamping down on perceived "deceptive hotel fees."

When fuel was expensive, Spirit was one of the industry's top performers. But cheaper oil has not been helpful to the carrier, so now it must get smarter.

Other airlines are trying to segment their customers as much as possible. But that's not something Southwest plans to copy.

Airlines needed to find some way to make money. It seems they’ve finally found it. If passengers stop buying based on published fares and start buying based on the products offered, the airlines’ new dependency on ancillary sales could drive improvements to the passenger experience.

You would think with all the fees and the lower taxes the airlines are paying in the U.S. that they wouldn't have to spend their time colluding on prices.

These ancillary fee revenues will only continue rising until passengers get totally tired of them or the government steps in.

Many airlines are in desperate need of a charm offensive, and a softer approach to ancillary revenue will benefit the bottom line.

Airlines' total global ancillary revenue, $49.9 billion in 2014, has increased each year since 2010, when total global ancillary revenue was estimated at $22.6 billion, less than half of this year's projection.