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  Volume: XXII, Issue No. 19 May 16-31, 2013  
     
 
   
 
   
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  American Airlines to deliver bags to home, office, hotel - for a fee
 
 
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Chicago : The newest airline service to be offered for an extra fee comes from American Airlines, which will deliver your luggage to a home, office or hotel so you can skip the baggage carousel.
The new service, which began recently cost passengers US$29.95 for one bag, US$39.95 for two bags and US$49.95 for three to 10 bags. American is partnering with BAGS VIP Luggage Delivery for the service.
Passengers order the service when they book a flight and, as usual, drop off their luggage at the airport ticket counter. Instead of picking up the bags at the carousel, the passengers will get the luggage delivered to a designated address.
The fee includes delivery to a location within 40 miles of the destination airport. The airline will charge an extra US$1 per mile for final delivery locations 41 to 100 miles from the airport. Passengers still must pay a baggage check fee, in addition to the delivery charge.
The service will be offered at about 200 airports across the country.
"We think this service will be especially valuable to families travelling with children as well as our business travellers who need to go straight to a meeting or into the office," said David Vance, the airline's Managing Director for Customer Operations Planning.
Since 2008, passenger fees to check bags, buy food, connect to onboard wireless Internet or upgrade to roomier seats have become a bigger revenue stream for airlines. In 2011, 50 airlines throughout the world collected US$22.6 billion from such fees, a 5 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a recent study.
   
 
 
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