Airlines Are Lobbying To Change Airfare Font Sizes. It's Gonna Cost You.

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Airlines are lobbying for changes in airfare font sizes — This could make it harder to distinguish total costs from additional fees at checkout.
Regulators are proposing to reconsider how costs are displayed — Consumers might face more difficulty in identifying the full cost of their flight. Fique de olho: The proposal may lead to less prominent display of total costs, increasing the risk of hidden charges.

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Airlines Are Lobbying To Change Airfare Font Sizes. It's Gonna Cost You.

For decades, buying a plane ticket hasn’t been a simple process. In the late 2000s, consumers were inundated with ads for special $79 or $99 flights, but were met with sticker shock when they went to buy the tickets and saw the true cost was actually much higher.

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