by Charlie Leocha | Jan 9, 2024
Every traveler pays a 7.5 percent transportation excise tax. It is a tax paid by travelers, not the airlines. There is no tax on checked baggage. From the way politicians speak about the transportation federal excise tax, the uninformed would think that this is a tax...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 9, 2023
Post fundamental passenger travel rights at airports. Don’t protect the airlines. The call to action is simple — DOT should tell us fundamental passenger travel rights where compensation is involved. Don’t make airline passengers dig through page after...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 6, 2022
The airport tax battle pits easy money from Congress against local taxation from voters. As Congress is debating an infrastructure bill, airports and local Chambers of Commerce are trying to raise airport taxes. Simply, they want more money for themselves without...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 11, 2021
Congress wants to make going to the airport less miserable. Travelers United says we don’t need more airport federal funding. You may have noticed a series of newspaper articles noting that airports claim a lack of airport federal funding because of the...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 18, 2019
National poll shows the public hates proposed increases In airport taxes Some airport executives and some members of Congress have called for an increase to the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC). This is a tax that travelers pay when using U.S. airports. Travelers pay...
