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No, the U.S. Didn’t Just “Ban” Resort Fees. Here’s What the FTC Actually Did

Travel NewsDecember 19, 20242Views

Another day, another flagrant twisting of the truth by some of the people who cover news of travel industry. You probably saw some posts and news headlines that told you that junk fees and resort fees at hotels have been banned. Here are a few headlines as examples: CBS News: "New federal rule bans "junk…

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Resort Fees Increase in Las Vegas for the Second Time in 2024

MGM Resorts, which controls many of the biggest casino-hotels in Las Vegas, has raised resort fees again—for the second time this year. On Wednesday, December 4, the Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, and the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas all increased their mandatory daily fees by $5, to $55 per day. Meanwhile, the following resorts now charge a whopping…

December 5, 20247Views

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Airline executives set to defend seat fees before Senate panel

Seats in the economy class cabin on board an American Airlines Boeing Co. 777-300ER aircraft. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. airline executives are set to defend their seating fees before a Senate panel Wednesday after the subcommittee accused the industry of charging "junk" fees to bring in billions in revenue. American, Delta, United, Spirit and Frontier brought in…

December 4, 20245Views

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Senate report slams airlines for raking in billions in seat fees

A Delta Air Lines cabin. Leslie Josephs/CNBC A Senate subcommittee on Tuesday slammed U.S. airlines large and small over fees to pick seats on flights. Between 2018 and 2023 American , Delta , United , Spirit and Frontier brought in $12.4 billion in seating fees, including…

November 26, 202412Views

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Frontier Airlines change fees scrapped in pricing overhaul

A Frontier Airlines plane lands at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Feb. 27, 2020. Elizabeth Page Brumley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Frontier Airlines said it will stop charging customers a fee to change their flights, taking a page from larger competitors as the Biden administration issues…

May 18, 202485Views

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Avoid Travel Cancellation Fees with This Simple, Legal Trick

This travel tip is so simple you may smack your forehead once you learn you could have been using it all along. There's an easy method for avoiding some cancellation fees and getting a refund on supposedly nonrefundable reservations. To illustrated the hack, we'll take an example from the Disney parks. Sit-down restaurants inside…

May 3, 202483Views

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Which Airlines Have the Worst Extra Fees? Someone Did the Math

Everyone knows that travel booking has become an industry of fake-outs and skullduggery, a netherworld of mounting hidden fees that only reveal themselves after you're deep into the reservations process. Buying travel is now a spendy striptease that bleeds accounts by a thousand cuts. The big airlines love to claim they "unbundled" core services like…

May 2, 2024114Views

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California Bans Deceptive Resort Fees: See What’s Affected and When

The resort fee dam is breaking. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law, SB 478, that reins in the practice of slipping extra fees into travelers' bills. While some media coverage has portrayed the act as a "ban" on resort fees, the measure actually just enforces disclosure of the fees at all stages of…

May 1, 202480Views

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Lyft Is Charging Customers Extra Fees but Hiding How Much

A warning for travelers who rely on rideshare company Lyft: The company is quietly hiding the true amount it takes in extra fees that are added to your base fare. A recent ride I took from Orlando International Airport (MCO) illustrates the tactic, although the problem could affect Lyft users wherever the service is available…

April 27, 2024221Views

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Is Your Airport Hiding Big Uber and Lyft Fees from You?

It's impossible to be an informed consumer if you're not allowed to know exactly what you're paying for. Frommer's has found that a majority of airports in the United States that force mandatory passenger pickup fees for all rides on Uber, Lyft, and other ride-hailing apps—surcharges that are as high as $7 per trip—are not…

April 27, 202490Views