Was just notified by our corporate travel department, that beginning on October 1st, that depending upon the departure airport, an additional $30 will be added onto the price of the airline ticket beginning on October 1st, for each departure point (a non-stop roundtrip ticket could incur up to an additional $60 over the stated fare). This passed on fee is to pay for the additional security fees at the airports, and to alleviate some of the costs involved with security, although, it does not apply to all airports.<BR><BR>This fee is not retroactive, it will only be applied to future purchases beginning on October 1st. It is also unclear as to whether the $30 fee is applicable to flights departing from airports outside of the US. <BR><BR>What is currently unclear is whether an additional $30 charge will be incurred for connecting flights.

I'm assuming this $30 is for international trips? I've already seen security surcharges added to my most recent ticket purchases for domestic U.S. travel, although they were $10 and $12.50 respectively for two roundtrips on two different airlines. I couldn't tell whether the fee varied by airport, airline, or how the amount was calculated.

This is $30 additional fee will be charged from US departure points, not necessarily all airports, but those with very high security fees will be passing them onto passengers. This fee is in addition to the security charges passed on by the Feds. This $30 fee is to alleviate the costs of security and will be paid to the airports by the airlines, after we pay the airlines.

You mean ostensively to pay for the cost of security?<BR><BR>Or is it like the SEC fee charged on every security transaction that supposed to pay for the enforcement the SEC regulations, but in fact only about 20% are used for that purpose and the rest goes to general fund cookie jar?

Now I'm confused. We're already paying a fee levied by the Federal Gov't. for security and now we're going to pay an additional fee to the the airports (via the airlines) for security? Aren't the Feds now responsible for security at the airports?

This fee is to off set the high cost of security at some airports. The fee will not be charged at all airports, just those airports where the costs of security are higher. Although the Feds are now responsible for the security at the airports, the Feds have hired private security companies.<BR><BR>Morefees, "SEC" = Securities and Exchange Commission; what does that have to do with security at the airports?

What are some of the airports charging the additional fee? JFK?