Do Airline Surcharges Price Away Many Potential Customers?

having discussion, and that's the wife's assertion, because for
instance Air Tran in the "last (Thanksgiving) week in Nov, dropped
many fares to $29 one way as i got their e-mail ad with in the last
5-7 days

The local media is portraying the ATL airport as not as holiday busy
as it usually is

Of course it may be attributed to the negative economy more than added
fee(s)

Seemingly, it would be both factors as inter-related