Spirit ups fees for some carry-ons to $100 per bag

By TERRY MAXON of The Dallas Morning News

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported this week that average airfares on domestic flights jumped 10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the same period in 2010. That’s the biggest year-over-year jump tracked by the bureau, which has numbers back to 1995.

The bureau said the average fare hit $368, up from $335 in fourth quarter 2010. That’s also an increase of 15 percent from fourth quarter 2009, when fares averaged $320.

Adjusted for inflation, though, the fares in 2011 were less than in 1995, the federal agency said. In 1995 dollars, the fares that year averaged $288, compared with an inflation-adjusted $251 in 2011, the bureau said.

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Jazz Fest kicks off New Orleans festival season

From The Dallas Morning News

New Orleans festivals are as strong as they’ve ever been.

Jazz Fest kicked off this weekend, with more music planned May 3-6 at the Fair Grounds racing track, followed by New Orleans Cajun-Zydeco Festival in June, Essence Music Festival in July, Satchmo Summerfest in August and the Voodoo Music Experience in October. There are countless other festivals throughout south Louisiana packed between the months of April and October, among them Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, La ., and Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, La.

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