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The Government wants its Share of Airline Fees

Image via Wikipedia On Friday, the New York Times reported that Congress is starting to take a look at the fact that airlines have been increasingly charging for a variety of services from the checking of luggage to preferential seats. But they aren’t looking at it on behalf of the consumer, they are looking at…

Taxes

Image via Wikipedia Chris Elliott blogged today about airline taxes, a particularly thorny issue. He tells the story of Susan Cornell, who tried to claim a refund on the $42 in taxes on her cancelled ticket. When Spirit, unsurprisingly, failed to respond, she wrote to government officials and told her story on the radio to…