United Airways mentioned Friday it’s growing checked bag charges on all flights in North America, becoming a member of different carriers which have lately boosted such fees.

Economic system class passengers on home United Airways flights will now pay an extra $5, elevating the associated fee for his or her first checked bag to $40. The price for a second checked bag may also rise $5, climbing to $45 upfront on-line and $50 on the airport.

The brand new coverage is efficient for tickets bought on or after Saturday, February 24, United mentioned in an announcement to CBS MoneyWatch.

The airline, which mentioned it hadn’t raised checked bag charges since 2020, famous that the majority passengers can save $5 on every checked bag in the event that they pay upfront a minimum of 24 hours earlier than their flight. United Chase bank card holders, MileagePlus Premier members, lively army members and prospects touring in premium cabins can nonetheless test a bag totally free, United mentioned.

Earlier this week, American Airways raised its price for a primary checked bag on home flights from $30 to $35 if paid upfront and to $40 on the airport. It additionally hiked the cost for a second bag from $40 to $45 and elevated bag charges for brief worldwide flights.

Alaska Airways raised its bag charges for many economic system passengers in January, and JetBlue adopted earlier this month. Bag charges have turn into a reliable income for airways since American launched them in 2008, when jet gas costs had been surging. In 2022, the final full yr for which statistics can be found, U.S. airways took in $6.8 billion in checked-bag charges, led by American at $1.4 billion and United at $1.1 billion.

Over the primary 9 months of 2023, home airways charged almost $5.5 billion in baggage charges, Bureau of Transportation information exhibits.

United passengers bemoaning the price enhance could discover comfort in listening to the airline is growing the dimensions of its overhead bins. “United is within the means of updating all of its mainline plane with new, bigger bins designed to have room for everybody’s carry-on bag,” the corporate mentioned.

—The Related Press contributed to this report.