[Travelandtourism] American Airlines will launch luggage-delivery service

[Margo and Arrow]

Well, hmmm. I am not sure this would mace me want to fly with American again. Not been happy with them.

Margo and Arrow

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Date: Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 08:15:38 PM
Subject: [Travelandtourism] American Airlines will launch luggage-delivery service

>
>
> 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, to begin Monday, will cost passengers $29.95 for one bag, 
> $39.95 for two bags and $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 $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 traveling 
> with children as well as our business travelers 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 
> $22.6 billion from such fees, a 5% increase over the previous year, 
> according to a recent study.
> 
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