A Senate committee is taking aim at a barrage of fees being charged by airlines. A Homeland Security subcommittee has issued a report that claims airlines are raking in large amounts of money by charging customers a-l-carte for a wide range of services that used to be included in the price of a ticket. The report […]
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Senate Panel Takes Aim At Airline “Junk” Fees
A Senate committee is taking aim at a barrage of fees being charged by airlines. A Homeland Security subcommittee has issued a report that claims airlines are raking in large amounts of money by charging customers a-l-carte for a wide range of services that used to be included in the price of a ticket. The report names the three major carrier, American, United, and Delta, as well as low-cost carriers Frontier and Spirit Airlines. The report comes just days before some SIX million Americans are expected to catch flights to holiday destinations.