Go! Adds $25 Fee For 2nd Checked Bag on Interisland Hawaii Flights

The Star Bulletin reports that Go! Adds $25 Fee For 2nd Checked Bag:

Mesa Air Group Inc., the parent of interisland carrier go!, said yesterday it will charge $25 for a second piece of checked luggage on all flights starting July 15.

According to Go!'s Baggage FAQ:

A $25 second-checked-bag fee takes effect for travel that begins on July 15, 2008. go!Express         customers exempt from paying the fee are:

• Corporate members;
• Customers traveling on government fares;
• Customers traveling on or after July 15, 2008 who purchased their tickets prior to June 25, 2008;
• go!Express passengers traveling from Kapalua, Maui; Kona, Big Island, Lana`i City, Lana`i and Ho`olehua, Moloka`i; and
• Customers flying on the same reservation as someone with exempt status (except for group bookings of 8 or more).

Customer checked-in items exempt from the bag fee are:

• Child car seats, carriers and strollers; and
• Wheelchairs, walkers and other personal assistive devices.

Customers are able to pay the second-checked-bag fee via the go! Reservations Department or at go! ticket counters.     Second-checked-bag fees paid via the go! Reservations Center are non-refundable.     Ticketed customers calling the go! Reservations Department to pay in advance for a second-checked-bag fee     will not be charged the $5 reservations call center fee.