by Charlie Leocha | Aug 23, 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 | Jan 12, 2016
A blow against comparison-shopping and a tax increase on consumers and businesses Travelers United strongly opposes the Maryland General Assembly’s consideration of an override of Governor Hogan’s veto of S.B. 190. The vetoed bill is not only bad for travel and...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 31, 2014
There are a lot of lists of wishes for the coming year that are published at New Years. It seems everyone wants something or wants to change something. The turn of the calendar is used as a marker for change. But, Travelers United is not changing its wish list. Truth...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 19, 2014
As we come into the holiday season, when the spirit of giving spreads across the world, airlines are doing all of the taking. Stories about the airlines taking space from their passengers in order to squeeze in more seats on each plane have been printed in paper after...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 5, 2014
Joint consumer and airline industry efforts mean $60 million in tax savings for consumers. Travelers United, the leading consumer advocacy group for travelers, applauds the Senate passage of legislation to protect consumers from the continuing increases of government...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 26, 2013
While the FAA sequestration fiasco had been brewing, airline and pilot lobbyists together with the Consumer Travel Alliance were furiously working behind the scenes in unprecedented unity to head off what each group saw as a possible pending disaster involving delays...
