From Window Seats To Delicious Meals, This Is How Airlines Charge You More

by Sanjana Shenoy
From Window Seats To Delicious Meals, This Is How Airlines Charge You More

Plan to travel to a destination, then look at the flight tickets and cancel your plans? Or how about planning to travel by bus or train thanks to costly flight tickets? Well, you can certainly book your flight tickets in a manner that can be cheaper and doesn’t lead to overbearing base fare. Read on to know-how.

Flights Charge Higher Prices For Window Seats

Vishrut Gandhi, Founder of Udaan Holidays revealed to Moneycontrol that window seats in flights are the costliest compared to the aisle seats. Middle seats are the cheapest. He further revealed that airlines permit passengers to carry 15kg of check-in baggage. Any additional baggage will lead to extra charges. So, while initially booking tickets or posting this,  passengers can upgrade to extra baggage at a discounted fare. This can help them save money instead of spending tremendously on excess baggage. Also, flights charge sometimes unreasonable amounts for food, so you can pack food from home and avoid eating on short-duration flights.

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Passengers Need To Be Aware Where Airlines Over Charge

Vinamra Longani, Head of Operations, Sarin & Co revealed that if tickets are booked in advance then add-on services can be availed at a discount. Airlines have found a way to make you pay more for your flight tickets. Passengers need to be aware of the places where airlines charge more over and above what they pay for their tickets. Airport lounges are another way for flights to charge more from you. So book your lounge access in advance if you want to relax, or you can save that money by exploring the duty-free, and resting at your airport gate. Meanwhile, here’s a beginner’s guide to boarding an international flight.