Drop in Jet Fuel Price Results in Free Joe
Feb 23, 2009 – When gasoline and jet fuel hit record prices in 2008, US Airways [NYSE: LCC] began charging $1 for coffee and $2 for bottled water and soft drinks, presumably to cover the fuel cost of flying all that liquid around the country. Now that fuel costs have ebbed and US Airways was the only large air carrier charging 
for these drinks, they have relented and stopped charging. However, they still plan to receive in 2009 about $400 to 500 million from passengers from fees for checked baggage, premium seats [an oxymoron?] and pillows [will they be fresh or have dandruff & microbes from the previous user?].
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