The Biden administration has taken aim at add-on fees across the travel and entertainment industries.
President Joe Biden has criticized airlines and hotel companies for add-on fees.
Several airlines have made written commitments to guarantee families with children can sit together without an additional fee. Passengers wearing protective masks are seen aboard before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, August 11, 2021.The Biden administration is asking Congress to pass legislation that would ban airlines from charging fees for families who are traveling with children under the age of 14 to sit together, its latest attempt to crack down on add-on charges for consumers, the Transportation Department said Monday.
"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," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote in a
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