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The annual ancillary fee number is a major point of confusion.
It does so on the ground that this revenue does not really constitute an ancillary fee.
To compare apples to apples by including the sale of miles, then, an ancillary fee revenue figure for 2010 might exceed $11 billion, consumer analysts said.
For airlines, which are battling for profitability in an era of high and unstable fuel costs, ancillary fee revenue is increasingly crucial to the bottom line.
Just how important can be gauged from revenue growth in the two biggest ancillary fee categories, checked bags and reservation changes.
In 2009, the airlines reported total ancillary fee revenue of $7.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, up from $5.5 billion in 2008.
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Airlines depend mightily on ancillary fees to stay in business.
In all, airlines raised $7.8 billion in ancillary fees last year, up from $5.5 billion in 2008.
And though the airline industry is making billions from ancillary fees, the bloodletting is continuing.
The same study by Amadeus and IdeaWorks that revealed significant increases worldwide in ancillary fees also ranked Tiger Airways fifth in the world for add-on charges, with 20.5 percent of its total revenue coming from ancillary fees.
"They're going up in two ways: the price of the ticket and, obviously, the ancillary fees".
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