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Released: December 27, 2011
Airfares with less fine print
Source: Susan Stellin, N.Y.Times (Free Registration)
Advertisements that make airfares seem enticingly low will soon lose that asterisk pointing to a dense paragraph of additional taxes and fees that make a cheap ticket much more costly. Spirit Airlines, whose Web site recently promoted $9 fares, was fined this year for advertising infractions.
Beginning Jan. 24, the Transportation Department will enforce a rule requiring that any advertised price for air travel include all government taxes and fees. For the last 25 years, the department has allowed airlines and travel agencies to list government-imposed fees separately, resulting in a paragraph of fine print disclaimers about charges that can add 20 percent or more to a ticket’s price.
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