Airline Fees: 'Bundling' Creates New Headaches For Fliers

Fee 'Bundling' Creates New Headaches For Fliers
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, travelers on Delta Airlines waits for flights, in Detroit. Delta said Superstorm Sandy hurt fourth-quarter profits by $100 million in 2012. That, plus special charges, left Delta Air Lines Inc. with a profit of just $7 million. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, travelers on Delta Airlines waits for flights, in Detroit. Delta said Superstorm Sandy hurt fourth-quarter profits by $100 million in 2012. That, plus special charges, left Delta Air Lines Inc. with a profit of just $7 million. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)

With your airline ticket, would you like to add "Ascend" or "Lift?" Perhaps you prefer "Choice Seats" or "Choice Plus?" Or maybe you're a "Main Cabin Select," "Main Cabin Extra" or even "Main Cabin Express" traveler?

Air passengers increasingly are facing such choices when they log in to carriers' websites. Borrowing a marketing practice from auto makers, phone companies and others, airlines are moving quickly to bundle options in packages designed to get customers to spend more.

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