Comment on House bill lets airlines advertise pre-tax fares

House bill lets airlines advertise pre-tax fares

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for airlines and their workers' unions, the House rejected consumers' complaints and passed legislation Monday letting airline advertising emphasize the base price of tickets, before taxes and fees are added. Groups representing airline passengers and companies that frequently rely on corporate travel say the bill's enactment would return the country to an earlier era of misleading and confusing advertising. [...] the airlines — backed by unions representing pilots, mechanics and flight attendants — say including taxes and fees in their advertised prices hurts business and hides from consumers the extra costs that government imposes on air travel. "The rule effectively masks, I would argue hides, the current government-imposed taxes and fees on consumers," Rep.

 

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