United Airlines raises checked bag fee by $10, CNBC reports

United Airlines (UAL) has raised its checked bag fee by $10, becoming the second U.S. airline in under a week to increase such fees as the sector grapples with a surge in fuel costs, CNBC’s Leslie Josephs reports. The carrier’s new fee will be $45 to check a first bag on most domestic flights if the traveler pays ahead of time and $50 if they pay within 24 hours of their departure, the author notes. “United is raising first and second checked bag fees by $10 for customers traveling in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and Latin America beginning with tickets purchased Friday, April 3,” the company said.