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American Airlines is having problems with the new Department of Transportation disclosure rules that came into effect yesterday. A warning on its website says that the airline is having technical difficulties and the initial fares don’t include taxes and fees.
Given the DOT’s recent streak of fining airlines for violations, I’d guess that a fine will be American’s fate too. Whether they will ever pay it is a different question – bankruptcy protection will make it very hard for the DOT to collect any fine…
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Well…. Didnt quite get it. So none pays the Taxes and fees because of a problem on the system? If yes why they don’t just fix it:)
No.
What happened is that American Airlines is not disclosing taxes and fees until time of purchase, something which is specifically outlawed by the new regulations that went into effect.
Since they are breaking the rules, they will likely get fined.
Situation different from UK where all taxes, fees and surcharges are always broken down and displayed. Probably because USA never displays VAT on prices and stuff like that until checkout I guess?