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Consumer Traveler Today: Sept 24

09-24-2013

 

Consumer Traveler Today: Study links airline cancellation fees, uptick in trip cancellation insurance and disclosure problems

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Study links airline cancellation fees, uptick in trip cancellation insurance and disclosure problems

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:00 AM PDT

Rising cancellation fees, unaffordable refundable tickets and misleading travel insurance marketing have become hallmarks of the airline industry’s growing drive to profit from life’s unpredictable events. Findings in a new National Consumers League (NCL) report suggest that the airlines are supplementing cancellation/change fees revenue with commissions from the sale of travel insurance policies that are often misleadingly marketed to consumers.
        

What we’re reading: TSA punishes gamblers, FAA may relax gadget rules on planes, Hard Rock Hotel to open in Palm Springs

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:00 AM PDT

TSA employees face punishment for gambling, FAA may relax gadget rules on planes, Hard Rock Hotel to open in Palm Springs