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Should TSA keep the loose change that passengers forget at checkpoints? Take our poll

by Charlie Leocha | Jan 4, 2012

This seems like a simple question, but that loose change adds up. Last year the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) collected $376,480.39. It seems that TSA is just keeping the money. The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA) has waded into this issue joining a...

Should TSA keep the loose change that passengers forget at checkpoints?

by Charlie Leocha | Jan 4, 2012

This seems like a simple question, but that loose change adds up. Last year the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) collected $376,480.39. It seems that TSA is just keeping the money. The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA) has waded into this issue joining a...

TSA cupcake kerfluffle and unintended (good) consequences

by Charlie Leocha | Jan 3, 2012

What at first glance seemed to be merely another TSA mindless grab of cupcake frosting ended up having a silver lining. The TSA confiscation of “gel-like” frosting on a packaged Wicked Good cupcake created an unexpected surge in orders for a small...

What we’re watching: 2012 New Year’s videos from Sydney, Hong Kong, Kiev and outer space

by Charlie Leocha | Jan 1, 2012

Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbor Bridge, which I once climbed. They burst over Hong Kong Harbor where ferries ply the route from Kowloon. They sparkle over the main square of Kiev where as a teenager I partied under watchful Soviet eyes. Finally, Antoine de Luna,...

Weekend what we're reading: Florida courts nudists, taste testing airline food, Phallological Museum

by Charlie Leocha | Dec 31, 2011

Nudists in Florida plan to promote their natural lifestyle as a tourism asset, testing airline food and a unique phallus museum in Iceland grace this weekends, end-of-the-year news. Happy New Year. Florida town seeks nudist vacationers from Europe This county, the...
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Accomplishments

These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.

  • – Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
  • – Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
  • – Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
  • – Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
  • – Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
  • – Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
  • – Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
  • – Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
  • – Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.

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