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Re:Misrepresentation of Fuel Surcharges in Airline Price Adv... by Titanous on Sunday February 02, 2014 @04:34PM (#7167676)
The DOT ruled[1] against AA and fined them a whole $60,000 after a complaint[2] from Edelman.

[1] http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2013-0...

[2] http://www.benedelman.org/airfare-advertising/americanairlin...

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Re:Misrepresentation of Fuel Surcharges in Airline Price Adv... by bedelman on Sunday February 02, 2014 @05:43PM (#7167920)
Indeed. DOT fines tend to be small in this area. On the other hand, it is notable that DOT considered and rejected each of AA's defenses. That could be useful as precedent.

Some passengers may also have meritorious claims they'd like to bring against AA on an individual basis.

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Re:Misrepresentation of Fuel Surcharges in Airline Price Adv... by cabalamat on Sunday February 02, 2014 @07:02PM (#7168177)
That's a whole 47 seconds revenue! I'm sure they'll be suitably chastened.
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Re:Misrepresentation of Fuel Surcharges in Airline Price Adv... by judk on Sunday February 02, 2014 @06:14PM (#7168030)
> government-imposed fees,

For contrast, on your car rental or telecom bill, you find these labeled as "fees permitted by law", in an attempt to obfuscate.

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Re:Misrepresentation of Fuel Surcharges in Airline Price Adv... by eli on Sunday February 02, 2014 @10:05PM (#7168570)
Some of them are actually fees imposed by law on the telecom company which they have decided to pass on to you as a line item.
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