Posts Tagged ‘airlines’
Travel light: fees for extra luggage multiply like crazy
Starting May 5th, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways are limiting coach passengers to one checked bag per passenger. No biggie if you travel light anyway. Business and first-class passengers will get an extra bag or two, but beware of the excess luggage fees.
Airplane passengers not entitled to food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air
Last year, New York passed its New York State Passenger Bill of Rights which, among other things, requires an airline to provide food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air to passengers trapped in a plane delayed on the ground. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals put the kibosh on the brand-new Passenger Bill of [...]
Overbooking endangered by the Bush Administration(!)
Airlines have given consumers a record number of delays this year, due in large part to rampant overbooking. In response, the Transportation Department has proposed a new rule increasing the “bump fee” that airlines must pay to passengers who are bumped due to overbooking. The rule would require the airlines to pay $400 (up from [...]
