The airlines have really overlooked many opportunities to generate more revenue IMO.

Since the very LAST thing they can do is ask the CEO and others in that "tier" to take a pay cut, they are forced to generate additional revenue from the passengers.

Here are some possibilities:

Charge for bathroom visits

Charge for seat belts

"Access charge" whhich allows a passenger to enter the jetway

"Exit fee" which allows the passenger to enter the arrival airport from the jetway

"Carousel maintenance charge" which requires a fee to collect your checked luggage


"Carry-on Charge"...per item...fees vary by carry on item CELL PHONES and LAPTOPS: TRIPLE RATES charged for EACH one

Overhead Bin Charge: each item stored requires and additional fee

Flip flops Charge: those who insist on wearing flip flops pay additional

Child screaming Charge: $25 per each minute the child is out of control

Not ready To Leave charge: $50 per second for everyone who doesn't sit down IMMEDIATELY prior to "push back."

I am sure you can think of others....

I am surprised the airlines haven't started charging by the pound of body weight. They are concerned with weight of luggage so....

"Smile from flight attendant" fee, could be charged twice - once on boarding the plane and again when exiting.

Fees for the degree of effusivness with which attendants say goodbye ($2 for a simple "have a nice day", $15 for a firm handshake from the pilot and heartfelt "we are deeply grateful for your custom", optional both-side-air-kissing on Air France, of course)

$5 to move your seat from the upright position.

Give Shell card to gate agent prior to boarding.

Extra charge for toilet paper so BYO TP

I would have thought all this was just silly, until I came across the local charter company who charged and extra £7.50 per seat so families could sit together.

This post is priceless, I love it

BUT HATE HATE HATE what the airlines are doing to us

But, to be effective, these charges have to be hidden until they are actually assessed. The objective here is to get a higher price without having to advertise the higher price (which would encourage competition, but discourage business). It's one of the "advantages" of the free market system.

Has anyone noticed that all of these recent extra fees are being charged "due to the high price of fuel?"

Now, we all know that eventually those fuel prices might actually come down and IF it does, here is another possible revenue generator:

Charge to eliminate various other (to be determined) charges levied due to the former high price of fuel: $25 per charge to be eliminated

Child out of control charges:

$25 for the FA to issue first warning to brat kicking the back of your seat

$25 to issue first warning to parent pretending the kid is not theirs

$50 for slapping the kid silly

$100 for slapping the parent

$15 to collect trash generated by you during the flight

$25 to dump said trash in the waste container rather than in your lap

$75 to check in at the ticket counter

'Opening bag of peanuts fee' -- construct bags of tear-proof material that require flight attendant to open, using a special tool available only to them.

'Bathroom attendant fee' -- have an airline guy/gal join you in the commodious (no pun intended) bathroom, pumping soap onto your hands and offering a towel for drying. Airline regulations would require they turn their back until they hear the toilet flush. Or, for an extra fee and following verbal notification that you are decent, they could flush for you. Need for air freshener would, of course, cost even more.

$25 to view the concourse monitors telling you which gate your connecting flight is leaving from

Pay toilets in all airports; percentage to go to each airline using the airport based on number of arrivals and departures

$50 to plug in laptop on the aircraft

$100 to use any electronic device including laptops during the flight

$50 for x-rated movies at your seat; $100 for G-rated movies

$10 for the whole can of soda

$5 for a napkin

$18 for ice in your drink

$25 fine to each passenger that leaps up the minute the plane stops to remove their items from the overhead bin and then stands in the aisle forcing fellow passengers to remain seated.

$50.00 fine to the passenger that stands in the aisle to sort through their assorted sundry junk taken from said overhead bin and blocks the exit of every passenger behind them. Fine should increase the closer to front of the plane.

$25 fine for the knucklehead in the middle seat who tries to stand up when there is no place to go because fellow knuckleheads mentioned above are blocking the aisle. $5 fine for every minute I am forced to avert my eyes from either your crotch or your rear end while you stand there like a DA. The $25 fee can go to the airline, but please just hand me the avert your eyes penalties.

Each passenger is allowed 2 free access permits to the overhead bin to retrieve or replace an item. After that, a $5 fee everytime the bin must be opened by same passenger. Slamming the bin during an overnight flight results in a triple fine.

How could I forget one of the biggest revenue generators of all? Yep, I'm talkin' about the "Lap Dance Fee." This will be assessed (no pun intended) whether provided by an airline employee or passenger... even if it's the latter just shakin' his/her booty while struggling to get past you to go to the BR.

Are ya'll out for the week-end? Don't give these "Suckers" any additional fuel. Happy Travels!!!

Charge for a seat while waiting for boarding.

On-the-plane charge for bringing your own bottle of water, like "corkage" in a restaurant.

Charge for bringing your own sandwiches and snacks.

Charge for those magazines, safety booklets and barf bags in the pocket in front of you.

Charge for lavatory is not enough. There should be one charge to enter, another to exit.

Different charges for drinks off the carts and off trays.

Charge if you're using your own neck pillow.

AA just instigated a charge of $15 for checking a bag. Not an extra one, just the only one you might bring.

What next?

Well, as writing this post, AA is not charging the $15.00 fee for their international passengers. But give them a few more minutes and they probably will.

Pay to pay.

Ryanair in Ireland charges people a fee for paying for their tickets. There is no way to buy a ticket in Ireland using cash or direct transfer bank-to-bank, so every customer is hit with a payment surcharge.

As I posted on another thread about this subject if the airlines were really smart they would also have a charge when we retrieve our luggage in the baggage area. And if they "lost" our luggage if and when they found it they should charge us double the fee for retrieving it..after all think of the time they spend trying to figure out what happened to "lost" luggage. Oh, if the luggage takes a flight to say Auckland, NZ when the passenger flew to Oakland, CA they could charge for the extra flight the luggage took..doncha think?