Delta adds fee for SkyMiles frequent-flier flights

Remember the days when you could earn free flights with all those frequent-flier miles? At Delta, they’ll soon be but a memory.

Delta Air Lines is tacking on a $25 fee for all SkyMiles award travel within the United States and Canada. If you’re traveling between the United States or Canada and any other international destinations, you’ll pay $50.

The fee decision, which Delta described as a "difficult but essential" move to cover higher fuel costs, will affect SkyMiles airline tickets issued on or after August 15, 2008.

Delta says the move may only be temporary and could be dropped if fuel prices fall.

American Airlines recently added a $5 processing
fee for claiming an American AAdvantage award ticket online.

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