U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights.

U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process.

The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the ruleagainst what it called “hidden junk fees.”

American, Delta, United and three other carriers, along with their industry trade group, sued the Transportation Department in a federal appeals court on Friday, asking the court to overturn the rule.

  • baru@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    For online stuff, they’d have to know location in order to provide a post-tax price

    Or they advertise a price and then make a slightly different amount per city and so on. That’s how it is done sometimes for stuff sold in multiple European countries for the same price.