US: Congress considers bag fee refunds and cell phone bans for airlines
A big fight looming in Washington concerns whether US air traffic control should be transferred from the FAA to a not-for-profit corporation. Apart from the headline-grabbing changes, the two Republicans who wrote the bill also stuck a few items further down in the 273-page document (PDF) that consumers may like—and airlines may not. Some of the issues up for debate include refunds for bag fees if bags go missing. The proposal in section 507 of the bill would require airlines to refund a checked-bag fee if a bag and its owner aren’t reunited within 24 hours of a flight’s arrival. Another is warning parents they might not sit with their child and providing lactation rooms at airports.<br/>
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US: Congress considers bag fee refunds and cell phone bans for airlines
A big fight looming in Washington concerns whether US air traffic control should be transferred from the FAA to a not-for-profit corporation. Apart from the headline-grabbing changes, the two Republicans who wrote the bill also stuck a few items further down in the 273-page document (PDF) that consumers may like—and airlines may not. Some of the issues up for debate include refunds for bag fees if bags go missing. The proposal in section 507 of the bill would require airlines to refund a checked-bag fee if a bag and its owner aren’t reunited within 24 hours of a flight’s arrival. Another is warning parents they might not sit with their child and providing lactation rooms at airports.<br/>
