Nobody likes airline fees match, especially when it involves checked bag fees. Frequent fliers and travelers with expensive credit cards can avoid airline fees match. Perhaps they don’t get outraged as much with changes to baggage fees as with other airline...
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...
It’s been a rough two years for the travel industry, so I completely understand the need to make a profit and extra fees — to a point. As a travel agent/advisor, my colleagues and I talk regularly about cancellation fees. Flights may have been canceled, but...
When hotels charge resort fees the city loses tax revenue and consumers lose the ability to comparison shop New York City has seen an incredible explosion in hotels charging resort fees in 2017. In May 2016, fifteen hotels in the city charged resort fees. Today, in...
This video brilliantly shows why airfares cost what they cost. At the end of the video, it also discusses the effects of competition on airfares. New York to Los Angeles flights sometimes end up costing less than $300 round trip. But, very short flights from Denver to...
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.
