DOT Refusal To Regulate International Change Fees Upheld By Appeal Court The DOT’s refusal to regulate international change fees is upheld by Appeal Court. The law mandates that fees be “reasonable”, but can now exceed $1000. The court deferred to “Agency Discretion”. This will require legislation to overturn, and may be cited to allow DOT and other agencies discretion to not enforcing many other laws.… Read More
How To Avoid The 737 MAX It’s still not certain that aviation authorities in the US, Canada, the EU and around the world will approve the 737 MAX as airworthy – but we are getting questions already asking how to avoid this aircraft. One tip would be to only book on the airline site, not an online agent, as the… Read More
Opening Brief for Reasonable Change Fees Litigation FlyersRights.org’s Opening Brief in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging DOT’s refusal to prohibit unreasonable change fees. When Congress deregulated domestic air travel prices and routes, it explicitly preserved DOT’s authority and duty to ensure that prices and fees on international travel remain reasonable. According to DOT’s own admission, it has… Read More
Change is in the Air On June 26, FlyersRights.org filed another petition with the Department of Transportation to limit change fees on international flights:… Read More