DOT EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR CONSUMER RULE 3
September 11, 2014
On July 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) agreed to extend the comment period for its latest rulemaking on transparency of airline ancillary fees and other consumer protection issues. The new comment deadline is September 22, 2014.
The rule proposes, among other things, to: (1) require carriers to disseminate certain ancillary service fee information to ticket agents; (2) require carriers to modify their websites to display (as specific charges) certain basic ancillary service fees; (3) modify the Department’s post-purchase price increase rule with respect to ancillary fees; and (4) amend the tarmac delay rule to clarify that the Department may impose penalties for tarmac delay violations on a per passenger basis (up to $27,500 per passenger).