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Today American Airlines (AA) announced that on June 15, it will begin charging its customers $15 for their first checked bag. The move, along with several other AA initiatives, comes in response to record global oil prices. As the Wall Street Journal observes, these are bad, bad times for the U.S. airline industry. American's forthcoming checked baggage fee is just one of dozens of new or rising … Continue Reading »