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Airfare Transparency Made the Free Market Freer
Research confirms the benefits of regulating ticket advertising to require disclosure of taxes and fees.
No surprises.
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Have you ever shopped online for something (say, a hotel room) and selected an option with an excellent price only to learn, at the time of checkout, that the price is much higher than originally advertised?
That happens a lot. A key reason is that advertised prices often exclude taxes and fees.