Comments on: Tough talkin’ Transportation Department slaps United with $75,000 fine http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/tough-talkin-transportation-department-slaps-united-with-75000-fine/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura Townsend Elion http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/tough-talkin-transportation-department-slaps-united-with-75000-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-15092 Laura Townsend Elion Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=18436#comment-15092 I wish this applied to all the third party operators deceptively advertising low fares, and you're right - I'm tired of pricing reservations and going through the whole 'time of day' and '1 stop/non-stop madness' only to get to another step way further down the online booking process only to be told the fare is substantially higer with taxes and fees. And what's in a fee? Does it include baggage fees? it should, in order to allow consumer to have a level playing field in comparing fares across different brands. I wish this applied to all the third party operators deceptively advertising low fares, and you’re right – I’m tired of pricing reservations and going through the whole ‘time of day’ and ’1 stop/non-stop madness’ only to get to another step way further down the online booking process only to be told the fare is substantially higer with taxes and fees.

And what’s in a fee? Does it include baggage fees? it should, in order to allow consumer to have a level playing field in comparing fares across different brands.

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