The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that WestJet has hiked baggage fees amid soaring jet fuel prices, marking its third increase in 2-1/2 years. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says that starting immediately, customers will pay an extra $5 each for the first and second bag checked in advance, and an extra $10 each for the first and second bag checked at the airport. Passengers with overweight or oversized luggage will also pay $50 more than before. The decision mimics Air Canada's move last week to raise baggage fees, which will increase to $45 from $35 for the first checked bag in its basic economy class on domestic, U.S. and sun destination flights. Rewards program members will continue to receive a $5 baggage fee discount on the first prepaid checked bag. The pricier policies are among a slate of measures including fuel surcharges, higher fares and scaled-back flight schedules that airlines in Canada and across the globe have implemented in a bid to offset the high cost of fuel triggered by the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran nearly two months ago. On Monday, WestJet laid out flight capacity cuts from April through June -- that month's reduction will reach 6 per cent.