Travelers are going to extremes to avoid fees

As the holiday travel season starts, here's a primer for sidestepping the worst surcharges

How far would you go to avoid a travel fee? 

Jodi Blodgett is so sick of all the extras that she’s stopped flying.

“I avoid travel fees by driving,” she says. Not only can she skirt ridiculous fees for luggage, but she also doesn’t have to pony up more cash for the seat assignment and other junk fees the airlines charge her.

How far would you go? Would you…