Spirit Air To Charge Extra For Sneezing  Spirit Air announced
new fees starting June 20, 2007 that will penalize flyers for
using extra services. Like having a piece of luggage.   Next
thing you know, the bathrooms will be coin-operated!  Now, if as
a result of increasing the cost-load for those passengers using
more services, Spirit Air reduces average fares by $30, then
this is a good deal for consumers. After all, why should
amenities you don’t use be built in to your ticket price?
Somehow though, our cynical side thinks Spirit won’t be passing
along the savings to its other customers. — BEN POPKEN  [via
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1. B says:      At first I thought it said Sprint, not Spirit,
so I was wondering how a cell phone carrier could charge for
checked baggage. I’m sure they’ll find a way, though.    2.
bpotterr says:      Seatbelts are presumably still free?    3.
nweaver says:      Ahh, the RyanAir model…      What they need
to do now is add in a no charge fo