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airline fees

Airlines Credibility Takes Nose Dive Over Fees

2012-09-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Extra baggage, the fees we get charged

In flight news , the Open Allies for Airfare Transparency organization has just released survey results showing the vast majority of online travel agency users want airline fee transparency.

Tags: air travel, airline fees, airlines, DOT, flights, hidden fees, OTA's

Airline Consumer Protections Need Polishing

2012-07-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Airline Industry

After almost 35 years after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, an advisory committee is established to review airline consumer protections, whose rights will be defended by the director of the Consumer Travel Alliance, Charlie Leocha.

Tags: air passengers, Airline Consumer Protection, Airline deregulation, airline fares, airline fees, airline news, airline regulations, airline rules, airlines, Charlie Leocha, Consumer Travel Alliance, laws, Lisa Madigan, transportation rules

Billions in Airline Fees – No Laughing Matter

2011-10-28 by Phil Butler

Extra baggage, the fees we get charged

An article by Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times yesterday reveals still more bad PR and just bad business for airlines. At a time when any industry can well afford negative news, over $1.5 billion in nickel – dime baggage charges and reservation fees makes America’s biggest air carriers seem anything but transparent.

Tags: air carriers, airline earnings, airline fees, American Airlines, baggage, Bureau of Transportation, Delta, DOT, earnings, fees, Hugo Martin, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, Orbitz, US Airways

Are UK Airlines Rip-Off Artists?

2011-02-09 by Phil Butler

Empty airline seats paid for

According to a press release from the Air Travel Advisory Bureau, customers of some UK airlines may have been ripped off to the tune of millions of pounds in unreceived refunds, Air Passenger Duty (APD), and canceled airline purchases.

Tags: airline fees, airline rip offs, APD scandal, ATAB, duty, fees, fight taxes, HMRC, Nigel Griffiths, refunds, Ryanair, Sean Curtis-Ward, tax rip off, UK carriers

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