Indian Airlines Tell Travel Agents: No More Commissions for You

India's full-service airlines have joined the budget carriers and much of the rest of the world in eliminating commissions on airline ticket sales. Budget airlines had eliminated commissions previously, but Jet, Air India and Kingfisher had been paying 5% - beginning in October, that'll drop to 0%. Customers should now expect travel agents to tack on a service fee to ticket sales, effectively increasing the fares you're paying for tickets. In the US and Europe, online agencies reacted by tacking on service fees to the tickets (usually about Rs 250) - we'll see how India's OTAs respond.