Third baggage fee hike

CONSUMERS are being hit by a triple whammy of airport baggage charges after three airlines increased their luggage fees within days of each other.

Aer Lingus is raising the cost of checking in a bag from €9 to €12 on all short-haul flights booked online from tomorrow.

The rise is an inflation-busting increase of 33% and the second increase in a mere six months. In early December, the rate was increased from €6 to €9 in time for Christmas.