Biden administration wants Congress to bar airlines from charging family seating fees
Melanie Lieberman, senior travel editor at The Points Guy, breaks down airlines’ most enticing offers for consumers looking to save on their next vacation.proposed legislation that would bar airlines from charging families extra to be seated next to their children as long as seats are available.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent letters to members of Congress saying airlines should ensure that "young kids are seated next to at least one parent or other accompanying adult without getting charged a junk fee," the department announced Monday. The legislation would apply to all U.S. carriers as long as there are adjacent seats available during booking and also pertains to any child under 14 years old.Transportation officials have also "begun work on a rulemaking to ensure a young child is able to sit adjacent to an accompanying adult," the DOT said. Given that "the rulemaking process can be lengthy, the President and DOT are calling on Congress to do this immediately," it added.
"Upon review of the airlines’ seating policies, DOT remains concerned that airlines’ policies do not guarantee adjacent seats for young children traveling with a family member and that airlines do not guarantee the adjacent seating at no additional cost," Buttigieg wrote in a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.Just last week, the DOT launched the
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Biden administration wants Congress to bar airlines from charging family seating feesThe Biden administration on Monday asked U.S. lawmakers to approve legislation to bar airlines from charging family seating fees if adjacent seats are available during booking. U.S. Transportation Secretary (USDOT) Pete Buttigieg wrote lawmakers and sent them draft legislation that would ban airlines from charging an accompanying adult to sit next to children 13 or younger if certain conditions are met. Buttigieg wrote USDOT 'remains concerned that airlines' policies do not guarantee adjacent seats for young children traveling with a family member and that airlines do not guarantee the adjacent seating at no additional cost.'
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