Between $45 and $190 is roughly the cost of a second checked bag, depending on the airline. This value is one of the additional items on the ticket price that can be predicted by knowing what the difference depends on and what services are charged additionally.

Edith did not know this and six months ago she traveled to New York, United States of America, with another suitcase for which she was charged $190. A month later, she received the airline’s response to her claim: “additional services (especially carry-on and carry-on luggage), in different service channels, process prices of a predetermined value and are subject to change and availability without prior notice”, because what they recommend those who travel with them contact the solution center and consult the site for these services, “as they tend to handle more comfortable and affordable values ​​for their travels.”

The airline understood the inconvenience, but expressed its regret that they had given “wrong information” at the ticketing point.

In the travel agency where she bought the ticket, according to this passenger, they told her that the value would not be more than 100 dollars; however, when you go to undo in counter They told him he had to pay $190, which caused outrage, but he paid anyway.

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Gloria Bonilla, of tour operator Sin Escalas, comments that she has heard of several cases where travelers have to pay $190 for a second suitcase; but he says that this is already the airline’s policy and that they, as an agency, cannot intervene.

He says to think about the timing of travel: June, July and August are high season months in the United States, so the price of the ticket goes up, although according to his latest data, a week ago tickets were cheaper on direct flights.

As an example, he states that a direct flight to New York from Guayaquil without checked baggage is about $580 on Jet Blue, but remember that the date of travel must be taken into account. “One day it’s at that price, but then that value fluctuates, it already reaches $700, $800. A lot depends on the days of travel.”

If you are already traveling with one suitcase and want to add another, comment that with that airline the price is $45 if you buy in advance, otherwise it costs a little more, roughly it would cost around $80.

In another example, he mentions that in Avianca the price of a ticket to New York on a direct flight is over $750, $800, this value includes hand and checked baggage and a backpack.

However, if you want to include a second bag, the price varies, which implies an addition to the value of the ticket you canceled and which, according to Bonilla, is more affordable if it is done at the same time as the travel agency purchase. This indicates that travel agencies, airlines, in this case Avianca, give the passenger the option to automatically purchase a second suitcase, where the price would be $150: $75 one way and $75 return.

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For her part, Rosalin Benavides, Nactur sales agent, indicates that the cost of the second suitcase “depends”, because now the airlines have a tariff with and without a suitcase.

As an example, he states that on American Airlines, a second suitcase costs $65, and that same value would be canceled at counter because they have a single tariff and it is paid only at the airport, but with other airlines the values ​​vary between the web and the airport. He mentions that at Copa Airlines the value is about $50; in Avianca about $75; etc. As a general reference, it says if it’s worth $75 on the web, they’ll charge you $100 at the airport.

seat cost

Choosing an aisle or window seat, for Bonillo it often depends on whether apply soon the place you want to go is chosen because there are still places available, otherwise they are chosen from the remaining ones, so there is no added value.

However, Benavides notes that there are tariffs that are sold with and without a suitcase, and with the latter there is no right to a seat, that is, “the seat costs separately”. As an example, he states that if you buy a ticket now to travel in October and want to go to the second row “you have to pay”, and the price also depends, because the seats are different and he points out that it can cost $30, $70, $100, $120. “If it’s later, it’s more expensive or expected on apply the airline assigns the seat and if you don’t pay but if you don’t pre-check, that’s why customers have to pre-check because in case of overbooking the passenger without a seat is the first to stay, even if they paid for the ticket, so pre-check is mandatory, even worse if you buy a ticket without anything, without a suitcase, without a seat”.

So, as an option, it says that you can buy a price that includes a suitcase, which, admittedly, allows you to choose seats from row 21 “less more”.

food service

On domestic flights they “don’t give anything”, but on international flights it “depends” and if they do, it’s something minimal, like almonds and a bottle of water or a biscuit and a bottle of water, but food as such is no longer offered to anyone unless they are in first class. says Benavides.

And it’s about the fact that each airline bears the costs of food service and airport prices, he adds. For example, he says that on domestic flights a sandwich costs $7.8 and a drink costs $3.4.

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While Bonilla explains that it depends on the class being purchased: in “certain classes, food is not included” and that this is in line with airline policy.

What remains free is if a wheelchair is requested for an elderly or disabled passenger, Benavides points out: what you have to do is confirm in the system, but what does have a price is to be accompanied by a flight attendant if you are traveling with a child only about 12 years old and it depends on the airline , notes that for the US it is around 150 dollars, and for Europe it is 170, 180 dollars. (AND)