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“Fat fees may be the next add-on for airlines”
June 6th, 2008 @ 8:34amby Lisa Wilcox/KTAR

Airline fares are expected to go nowhere but up as the price of fuel continues to rise, and, now there's word of a possible charge that's sure to make people angry -- charging by the pound.
The airlines have been guessing passengers' weights for years because of the physics of flying.

It's called the passenger weight standard and, with most airlines in dire financial straits, they may start using the weight standard to set new fees. That means it will get personal.

``They're going to get down to specific passengers, probably. Something like, if you're more than the standard weight, then they may charge you an extra surcharge," says Louie Theile of ``The Travel Show" on News/Talk 92-3 KTAR.

The current weight standard is 175 pounds, male or female.

Thiele says if the thought of a scale at the ticket counter doesn't appeal to you, you're not alone.
``I'm sure that the marketing executives are all saying, `Oh, God, I hope we don't go there.'"

Would they?

Thiele says, "When they go to things that are affected by the individual passenger , weight is one of the last things there is and they're getting down to that list."

He says the airlines "are at the lowest point in their customer satisfaction and acceptance. So anything they do like this, they're going to have to work very, very hard on making it fair."
If you're on the slim side, will you get a discount?

No, says Thiele.

"Airlines don't give anybody a discount these days, hardly at all. That comes down to the standardized fare issue. They will do add-ons to it, but they're not going to give very many discounts off it."

The standarized weight issue allows airlines to keep their base fares cheap, getting more bookings online. Then they can add on fees at the airport.

"What they do with you after you get to the airport - 'If you want to check baggage, we're going to charge you. If you want to have a meal, we're going to charge you.' That way, they can make it specifically your problem. So if you show up and you weigh 300 pounds, that's your problem and it doesn't affect the fare for everybody else."

Despite the bad press that airlines' might draw, as long as they keep advertised fares law, they will be able to sell tickets, Thiele says.