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New U.S. Senate Bill Proposes End to “Ridiculous” Airline Fees
The new bill would impose limitations on charging fees for checked bags and travel changes or cancellations. (airwaysnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
How about an end to the ridiculous security theater?
The only theft going on in the industry is the taxes that are attached to an airline ticket. And that by law the airline has to market the price of the ticket plus taxes..
Different airports should be able to charge different prices based on their facilities.
And the airlines should be able to show the flying public how much we pay in taxes each flight!
Different airports should be able to charge different prices based on their facilities.
And the airlines should be able to show the flying public how much we pay in taxes each flight!
I think it's important to examine why these fees exist in the first place. The real reason is that the variable part of the airline ticket tax only applies to the bad fare, not the extras. So the more an airline unbundles the more of this tax they capture for themselves. To me the solution is simple, extend the tax to the extras too. This removes "tax capture" as a motivation for airlines to unbundle so hopefully they'd go back to competing on service, not base fare.
A key tactic of US airline business models is to pass taxes and other government-imposed operating costs onto the customer. These taxes are added to every ticket now and as such, any extended taxes will only increase the total cost to the passenger and not the airline.
Isn't this what almost all businesses do when taxed to death? They simply raise the price of whatever, and we the purchasing public end up paying it.
There is still a ceiling as to what the customer will pay for add-ons so
I'm not convinced that airlines will be able to pass on the cost. Also as I stated this should make it less likely that airlines will unbundle further fees since capturing the tax won't be a motivation any more. However one way or the other a lid needs to be put on these fees or we might as well go back to 1960s regulation again.
I'm not convinced that airlines will be able to pass on the cost. Also as I stated this should make it less likely that airlines will unbundle further fees since capturing the tax won't be a motivation any more. However one way or the other a lid needs to be put on these fees or we might as well go back to 1960s regulation again.