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Your boarding pass, sir. That will be $5.

Associated Press Report

12:58 AM EDT, June 21, 2011

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MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — The only U.S. airline that charges for carry-on luggage is creating a new fee.

Beginning Nov. 1, Spirit Airlines says it will charge $5 if a gate agent has to print out your boarding pass. Passengers can avoid that by printing the boarding pass at home, or by using a check-in kiosk at the airport.

But beginning next June, even printing out at a kiosk will cost $1.

Spirit is a small airline that flies mostly out of East Coast cities through Florida and on to the Caribbean. Spirit also announced that besides the boarding pass fee, it's lowering fares by $5 each way.