Showing posts with label airline passengers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airline passengers. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Supreme Court Won't Hear Airline Fee Disclosure Challenge
As an update to my post from January 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday "denied cert" or refused to hear a challenge to airline fee disclosures and other rules issued by the USDOT. The Court's denial of the petition for review affirms the July 2012 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Spirit Airlines v. USDOT.
Monday, January 23, 2012
New Airline Passenger Regulations Take Effect This Week
Several new airline passenger rules take effect this week, implementing the FAA consumer rule originally issued in April 2011. This Press Release announces the new rules.
Among the rules going into effect:
1. All mandatory taxes/fees, including baggage fees, must be disclosed in published airline fares;
2. Passengers no longer have to pay to hold a reservation, or to cancel it within 24 hours of making a reservation, for travel booked a week in advance;
3. Passengers must be notified promptly of flight delays exceeding 30 minutes;
4. Baggage fees for lost bags must be refunded, and compensation has increased for being bumped from an oversold flight (these took effect in August 2011).
Among the rules going into effect:
1. All mandatory taxes/fees, including baggage fees, must be disclosed in published airline fares;
2. Passengers no longer have to pay to hold a reservation, or to cancel it within 24 hours of making a reservation, for travel booked a week in advance;
3. Passengers must be notified promptly of flight delays exceeding 30 minutes;
4. Baggage fees for lost bags must be refunded, and compensation has increased for being bumped from an oversold flight (these took effect in August 2011).
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