Lawmakers grill top airline executives on added fees
A Senate panel grilled top airline executives about added fees on their baggage and seats. Senators called on the executives to justify making billions of dollars from the fees. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports.
Senate to hear testimony from airline executives on $12.4 billion in 'junk' seating fees
Executives from United, Delta, American Spirit and Frontier airlines will testify Wednesday to defend billions of dollars in airline seating fees at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing.
US senators grill officials from 5 airlines over fees for seats and checked bags
A U.S. Senate panel is taking aim at airlines and their growing use of fees for things like early boarding and better seats.
Airline execs grilled on 'junk fees' in testy Senate hearing: 'Travelers are quite simply fed up'
Airline executives defended their business practices in heated exchanges with lawmakers over ancillary travel fees.
Airline executives set to defend seat fees before Senate panel
Executives from American, United, Delta, Frontier and Spirit are set to testify before a Senate panel Wednesday about their seating fees.
Senator blast airlines at oversight hearing over rising fees
Senators on Wednesday harshly criticized rising airline fees for luggage and seat assignments, saying carriers are looking for new ways to extract more money from passengers. Senator Richard Blumenthal,
US senators grill officials from 5 airlines over fees for seats, checked bags
Members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee took aim at airline executives Wednesday for using an expanding menu of fees to charge customers for early boarding, bette
WATCH: Airline executives face Senate hearing over seat choice and baggage fees
A U.S. Senate subcommittee is taking aim at airlines and their growing use of fees for things like early boarding and better seats.
Senate panel makes airline executives justify their fees
Some airline executives have been called to Capitol Hill to explain to lawmakers why passengers are getting hit with so many fees.The Senate Permanent
US senator blasts airlines for viewing passengers as 'walking piggy banks'
The head of a U.S. Senate panel harshly criticized rising airline fees for luggage and seat assignments, saying carriers are looking for new ways to extract more money from passengers. Senator Richard Blumenthal,
‘Junk Fees’ or ‘Unbundling’? Airlines and Senators Battle Over Added Costs.
At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, senators framed the tacked-on fees for passenger seats or bags as akin to extortion.
Airline CEO Calls Passengers Trying to Avoid Carry-On Fees 'Shoplifters'
Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle drew attention the day before the Senate held a hearing this week on airline practices, ...
US senators blast airline fees, say customers regarded as 'piggy banks'
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators harshly criticized rising airline fees for luggage and seat assignments on Wednesday, ...
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