Passengers paid U.S. airlines $4.7 billion in fees in the first 9 months of 2013

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U.S. airlines made $4.7 billion from checked baggage and reservation change fees in the first three quarters of 2013, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

For the fourth consecutive year, Delta Air Lines is on track to beat out all other U.S. airlines in checked baggage and change fees, taking home $1.3 billion in revenues.

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