Frequent fliers may grumble about increased ticket prices, extra baggage fees, schedule changes and discontinued routes.

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"There're no ticket counters, no terminals and no baggage handlers, " says Crandall, 68, who still chain-smokes his cigarettes down to the filter.

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"The fact that this individual showed up with a one-way ticket, purchased with cash and no checked baggage -- he should have been pulled aside, " said security expert Larry Berg, a consultant with Berg Associates.

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If you pay at the airport, it worked out that being about 10 pounds (in weight, not sterling) over the expected baggage total weight yielded a fee that was almost the same as the original ENTIRE TICKET.

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For example, take airline fees for checked baggage, flying standby, better seats, food, and Internet connectivity: suddenly the price of a ticket can go up by as much as 30%.

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