Trump administration opposes 'reasonable' airline baggage fees

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -

The U.S. Department of Transportation told Congress it opposes a Senate bill that would require new rules prohibiting airline fees that are not “reasonable and proportional,” along with many other new consumer protections that the administration deems “unnecessary and wasteful,” according to a letter seen on Friday by Reuters.

The DOT said the Senate airline fee provision requiring rules barring “unreasonable” cancellation, baggage, seat selection and same-day change fees would mark a return to the pre-1978 era before airline deregulation.

Airlines for America, an airline trade group representing United Airlines Inc, American Airlines Group Inc, Southwest Airlines Co and others, said previously the provision would result in “government-mandated price controls” and should be rejected.

U.S. airlines’ revenues from baggage and reservation change fees increased from $5.7 billion in 2010 to $7.5 billion in 2017. The Trump administration called provisions that would bar airlines from denying seats to passengers who have already checked in or were cleared by the gate attendant to board “objectionable”.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-regulation/trump-administration-opposes-requiring-reasonable-airline-baggage-fees-idUSKCN1IQ2XH

[crazylikafox]

1. Well that would make a great campaign ad. n/t

[Achilleaze]

3. Along with one showing the republican gas prices

repubes are screwing Americans, as usual.

[Exotica]

2. another Trump scam that allows for corporate rip-offs

The Trump administration called provisions that would bar airlines from denying seats to passengers who have already checked in or were cleared by the gate attendant to board “objectionable” because it would make it more difficult or prohibit airlines from continuing the practice “of overselling their scheduled flights to compensate for ‘no shows.’”

The letter suggested a passenger could need to be involuntarily bumped for a federal air marshal.

The proposals were prompted by outrage following the forcible removal in April 2017 of a United passenger from his seat in Chicago. United has since banned the practice.

The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, Bill Nelson, said the letter “reads more like something written by the airlines instead of the government watchdog that’s supposed to be protecting consumers.”

[a kennedy]

4. I don't believe one damn word that comes out of the orange turds mouth......

HE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING.