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Hotwire cuts its fare booking fees
Posted by: Budget Travel, Wednesday, Dec 26, 2007, 2:27 PM

Hotwire has dropped its $6 a ticket charge, whether you're buying a standard airfare or one of the website's signature "blind bookings" where you don't know the name or time of your flight.

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via John Gruner on the travel blog of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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USAirways.com slaps fees on its fares.

Cruise lines are adding fees after you've paid.

[Photo courtesy of hotwire user e.t. on flickr.]

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