Travel Detective Tip: The Real Test for Low-Cost Airfare

This past weekend on The Travel Detective, The Wall Street Journal’s Scott McCartney exposed the truth about discount airline.

How much do you actually save with a low-cost carriers? With some discount carriers, it’s not just the fare. It’s a whole lot more. At Spirit Airlines, there’s a fee for everything. If you want an assigned seat, that’s a fee, if you want to carry a bag on board and you don’t reserve it in advance it may cost you as much as $100. If you want an agent to print a boarding pass that’s $10….You get the idea.

The reality is that ALL airlines these days are low-cost carriers. It’s what you pay above that ticket price that determines whether you get a good deal. Watch Scott’s Travel Detective Tip to see the airlines that offer real airfare deals.

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