Should airlines be able to hide fees?

Airlines Are Asking the Trump Administration To Allow Them To Hide Fees by Ryan Felton

"The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently evaluating a “lengthy series of requests” from major airlines that would allow them to hide ancillary fees for consumers as they’re searching for tickets, according to Bloomberg."

"In December the airlines sent a lengthy series of requests to the U.S. Department of Transportation that’s being evaluated. Among the priorities: repealing rules that mandate “full-fare advertising” and eliminating the requirement to display on-time flight and cancellation data during the fare-purchase process. In other words, they’re hoping to conceal the data that power third-party distribution channels—and all their shiny new features."

"If the DOT approves the airline industry’s request, companies would be allowed to hide the data third-party sites rely on to provide more accurate information—thereby having the effect of actually making it more complicated to compare prices while shopping for a ticket.

And if the December announcement from the DOT that it would no long require airlines to disclose hidden baggage fees when people start the ticket-buying process is any indication, it’s almost certain this proposal will pass, too."

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