WHEN IT COMES TO AIRLINES CHARGING FOR THINGS THAT WERE ONCE FREE, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!

Airlines are now charging for extra bags, blankets and pillows, even to redeem your frequent flier miles!
Below is a list of popular carriers and what they will be charging for and what will still be complimentary.

(Hint: Bring your wallet or bring your own snacks!)

American
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; beer, wine and cocktails are $6.
Snacks: Nuts, cookies, or cheese and crackers on flights of two hours or more are $3 or $4; chips are offered after 10 a.m. for $3.
Meals: Light meals — like a turkey bagel sandwich, Italian wrap or turkey-and-cheese ciabatta sandwich — are available for $6 on flights of three hours or longer. Boar’s Head sandwiches with chips are $10 on flights to and from Hawaii and on transcontinental flights.
Mealtimes: No specific times.

Continental
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; for beer, wine and cocktails, $5.
Snacks: Free peanuts or pretzels, after 10 a.m., on one-to-two-hour flights.
Meals: Free on flights of two hours or more, including a muffin for breakfast, turkey sandwich with carrot sticks or chips and candy for lunch, or a meatloaf sandwich, a salad and sweets for dinner.
Mealtimes: Breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; dinner, 5 to 7 p.m.

Delta
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; $3 for Vitaminwater; $7 for alcoholic beverages, including margaritas and pomegranate martinis.
Snacks: Free peanuts, cookies or peanut butter crackers. Chocolate bars, potato chips and other snacks are available for $2 or $3 on flights of an hour and a half to two hours.
Meals: From $4 on flights of more than two hours, including a strawberry cream cheese crepe ($4), mushroom pea orzo ($8), and grilled shrimp Caesar salad ($10).
Mealtimes: 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.

JetBlue
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and tea; $3 for Vitaminwater; $5 for beer, wine and cocktails.
Snacks: Free Terra Blues chips, Frito-Lay Munchies, cookies, cashews, biscotti or animal crackers.
Meals: None.

Northwest
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; $5 for alcoholic beverages.
Snacks: Pringles, M & M’s, Twizzlers or trail mix are $3; snack boxes with crackers, cheese, cookies, trail mix and either beef sausage, chicken salad or tuna are $5. Fruit and cheese or vegetables with ranch dip, $7.
Meals: $10 for a breakfast sandwich and fruit salad with a breakfast cookie, or for a deli meat sandwich and salad with a chocolate bar.
Mealtimes: Meals are available only on “select flights” like those from its hubs to Alaska, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico. Fresh snacks are offered only on such flights as well.

Southwest
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; $3 for Lo-Carb Monster Energy; $4 for beer, wine and cocktails.
Snacks: Free peanuts or pretzels on flights about two hours long. Honey Maid Snack Bars and Cheese Nips on flights three hours or longer; Oreos, Wheat Thins or Ritz Real Cheese crackers on the longest flights.
Meals: None.

Spirit
Drinks: $2 for water, coffee or tea; $3 for soda or juice; $5 for alcohol.
Snacks: $2 to $4 for Pringles, animal crackers, M & M’s, and other snacks.
Meals: None.

United
Drinks: Free soda, juice, water, coffee and tea; $6 for beer, wine and cocktails.
Snacks: $5 for snack boxes with bagel chips, vegetable cheese spread, granola, diced pears, cinnamon twist pastry, toffee and mints, or other assortments.
Meals: $7 for salads and sandwiches like a smoked turkey chipotle wrap or a Santa Fe chicken salad.
Mealtimes: Breakfast is available on flights departing before 10 a.m. Lunch and dinner, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

US Airways
Drinks: Coffee and tea, $1; bottled water, juices, and soda, $2; beer, wine and cocktails, $7.
Snacks: $5 for boxes of chicken salad, crackers, trail mix, a fruit bar and cookies on flights over two and a half hours.
Meals: From $7 on select flights over three and a half hours, including a turkey croissant and yogurt, chef salad or chicken Caesar sandwich.
Mealtimes: From 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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