by Charlie Leocha | May 29, 2014
American Airlines President Scott Kirby, speaking at a recent research conference, defended “nickel-and-diming” by the airlines. Kirby said that charging extra for extra services is “the way many other businesses price, (yet) an airline charging...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 4, 2011
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is in the final throes of staffing a proposed rulemaking. Reports are surfacing that it is having trouble in bureaucracyland. That’s the home of dozens of lawyers and specialists who push and pull at the rulemaking and try...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 20, 2010
The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA) and the Business Travel Coalition (BTC) filed reply comments to those filed by a group of airlines regarding transparency of airline fees. The airline comments are seeking to present the disagreements about a pending Department of...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 25, 2010
Chris Elliott has written this series of posts in order to make sense of the Transportation Department’s (DOT’s) proposed rules and offer the most informed feedback during its commenting period. Comments will be accepted until August 9th. Please take a moment to...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 24, 2010
Why, for the life of me, do airlines insist on keeping their fees as secret as possible? Almost 70 percent of the American public purchase airline tickets through travel agents and online. Airlines are effectively hiding their fees from these passengers. Moreso, the...
