Summer Travelers Should Pack Light or Prepare to Pay the Price

When Ryanair started charging passengers for checked luggage, the fee was just over $3. Now, the fee is over $60.

People arrive to the baggage claim area of Terminal 1 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Las Vegas Review-Journal/File

By Chris Bryant From Bloomberg Opinion

After despairing about the cost of my summer vacation, I was recently celebrating finding seemingly reasonably priced fares to Croatia. My moment was cut short by the catch: a checked 23-kilogram (51-pound) bag on the EasyJet Plc flight would cost almost 60 euros ($64.50) per passenger per flight.