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Canada authorities challenge the United/Air Canada joint venture, it's about time

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 29, 2011

Finally, a competition regulatory authority has taken action against the growing airline joint ventures. Nothing more than an attempt to totally control prices, scheduling, profits and marketing of airline routes, is now getting a closer look from the Canadian...

Girdwood, Alaska and Alyeska Resort — the yin of dirt roads and the yang of luxury

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 28, 2011

My last time driving up Turnagain Arm from Anchorage to Alyeska Resort was in the winter of 1993. At that time the resort was a cluster of low condos and single-family vacation homes at the base of what could generously be called a rustic ski resort. Today, it...

In order to sell advanced boarding, AA may be making normal boarding more unpleasant

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 28, 2011

Is American Airlines denying families early boarding so that they can squeeze an early boarding fee from them? A story emerging from Dallas seems to indicate just that. Plus, flight attendants are calling the new boarding process “chaos.” AA denies it. In...

Airlines ask for delay on price transparency, claim their own fees are too complex

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 27, 2011

The airlines are now in the position of having to sleep in the bed that they have made themselves. The Department of Transportation (DOT) in their most recent rulemaking mandated that airline itineraries include the costs for checking luggage associated with the...

Airlines ask for delay on price transparency, claim their own fees are too complex

by Charlie Leocha | Jun 27, 2011

The airlines are now in the position of having to sleep in the bed that they have made themselves. The Department of Transportation (DOT) in their most recent rulemaking mandated that airline itineraries include the costs for checking luggage associated with 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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