US: White House report calls for eliminating growth in industry “hidden fees”
The White House has published a detailed report on “hidden fees” in the price of goods and services, including airline tickets, and is calling for the growth in such fees to be mitigated or eliminated. The 16-page report, titled The Competition Initiative and Hidden Fees, is produced by the Obama Administration’s National Economic Council. Although the White House and US DoT have criticised US airlines before on ancillary fees – and DoT regulates that they must be disclosed – this report appears to be a first attempt to address the practice of such add-on fees by wider service industries. Businesses such as hotels and concert-ticket distributors have been including additional fees for far longer than the airlines, but this is rarely recognised. <br/>
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US: White House report calls for eliminating growth in industry “hidden fees”
The White House has published a detailed report on “hidden fees” in the price of goods and services, including airline tickets, and is calling for the growth in such fees to be mitigated or eliminated. The 16-page report, titled The Competition Initiative and Hidden Fees, is produced by the Obama Administration’s National Economic Council. Although the White House and US DoT have criticised US airlines before on ancillary fees – and DoT regulates that they must be disclosed – this report appears to be a first attempt to address the practice of such add-on fees by wider service industries. Businesses such as hotels and concert-ticket distributors have been including additional fees for far longer than the airlines, but this is rarely recognised. <br/>
