[neptunespear]

> Several of the airlines have dropped out of participating in flight comparison sites, and those that do apparently pay staggeringly little per referral. This is greatly eroded the usefulness of Hipmunk and similar sites, and taken away the motivation for anyone to pressure airlines to participate.

This sounds like something for the Justice Department to get involved in.

[chrismcb]

Why? Why do You think the justice department needs to get involved? This is a place where capital am actually works. If people only use aggregators then airlines not listed won't get much business. I actually check swa because swa us the online airline that doesn't charge bag fees. So I go out of my way to give them business when I can.

[exelius]

Honestly the price of an SWA flight is usually more expensive than another airline plus bag fees. Plus most airlines will waive the bag fees if you sign up for their credit card (you don't even have to use it).

[wooter]

No, it definitely does not.