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Travel light with one carry-on to avoid the airline charging you fees for checking any luggage.

In a move to help force passengers to travel lighter and to curb its costs, most airlines began charging fees for luggage you check. Typically, an airline for domestic U.S. flights charge $15 for the first checked bag, $25 for the second and anywhere from $50 to $125 for the third.

If you must bring more than a carry-on, be aware of your airlines fees for checked baggages.  Airfarewatchdog.com offers a chart of most major airlines and their baggage fees.

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 Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach is a personal finance expert, speaker, and author of numerous books on personal finance. She appears frequently as an expert commentator on television, radio and in print.