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Delta to double fee for second piece of luggage

Blaming soaring fuel costs, Delta Air Lines, a major operator at New York area airports, said Wednesday it will double the fee -- to $50 -- for checking in a second piece of luggage on domestic flights.

The move was the latest effort by air carriers to raise fees as a way of offsetting fuel costs, which have risen about 80 percent this year.

Susan Chana Elliot, a spokeswoman for Atlanta-based...

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