PRESS RELEASE – FlyersRights.org Amicus Brief Prevails in Spirit Airlines ‘Gotcha’ Fees Lawsuit FlyersRights.org Amicus Brief Prevails in Spirit Airlines “Gotcha” Fees Lawsuit For more information, contact Paul Hudson, President, FlyersRights.org at 800-662-1859 or paul@flyersrights.org. Paul Hudson has been a member of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) since 1993 September 13, 2019 – Washington, DC – FlyersRights.org’s amicus brief by Andrew Appelbaum prevailed in a federal appeals court in New York that said low-cost… Read More
FlyersRights Assists In Passenger WIN Passengers win appeal case against Spirit Airlines’ “gotcha” carryon baggage fees. FlyersRights’ amicus brief by Andrew Appelbaum prevails: Spirit Airlines must face lawsuit over ‘gotcha’ carry-on bag fees, judge rules The plaintiffs accused the Spirit of knowing that its online travel agents hid the “gotcha” bag fees they would have to pay at the airport. Click… Read More
How many times can you slice and dice boarding groups? Boarding Changes Reward Higher-Paying Travelers In attempt to ease rush for luggage space, carriers are charging passengers more to get on the plane sooner Alison Sider Dec. 21, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET WALL STREET JOURNAL Airlines are changing boarding procedures as the fight among passengers for overhead storage space intensifies.… Read More
Friends Indeed From the department of we told you so, American Airlines joined the fee-raising party last week, hiking bag fees to match Delta, United, JetBlue, Air Canada and WestJet. Was anyone really surprised by the move, started by JetBlue in late August and matched by the other carriers within a month? Aren’t airlines supposed to compete against each… Read More
A La Plane This Mad Magazine cartoon from a few years ago was as relevant then as it is now. In fact, as we pointed out last week, airlines seem ever intent on increasing existing fees and exploring new ways to make money off things that were once included in the ticket price. Take for instance airline seating.… Read More
Let Them Eat CAAke Is economy travel just for the little people? News broke last week that American Airlines CEO Doug Parker still hasn’t sat in Economy Class on his newest and tightest aircraft, the Boeing 737MAX. Admittedly, nobody “wants” to fly economy, but shouldn’t the managers of an airline know what it’s like? Also newsworthy was that AA is… Read More
A Win for Passengers and Safety Finally, a worthwhile accomplishment in Congress! Thank you to all who answered our Call To Action last week and contacted your congress members, urging them to vote pro-passenger on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill. They heard you! The House overwhelmingly passed the FAA bill that renews the agency’s funding for another five years. This bill has been years… Read More
Safety First You Can’t Take it With You Everyone who has flown on a plane is familiar with the safety videos that are played before takeoff. It appears, though, that during emergencies, passengers are ignoring the message when it comes to leaving your carry-on luggage behind. In an article this week in Bloomberg, Adam Levin and Mary Schlangenstein… Read More
Cabin Fever Each January we hold hope for a good new year… But in 2017, we saw things go colossally wrong, from United Airlines dragging off a passenger, to price-gouging during natural disaster Hurricane Harvey, to a new low in Coach Class – ‘Basic Economy’, aka Last Class. The CEO of American Airlines boasted recently, “We’ll never lose… Read More
Fee Fie Ho Hum Christmas came early for the airlines. Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) abolished an Obama-era proposal that required carriers to disclose baggage fees. The reversal is a gift for the airlines’ bottom line and a slap in the face for flyers who deserve transparency when buying a ticket. Soon, when you buy through a third-party site… Read More