Truth in Advertising Comes to Airline Ticket Pricing This Week
New airline passenger protections mandated by the US Department of Transportation take effect this week.
Spirit Airlines has, along with other low-fare carriers, challenged the DOT's new passenger protection rules. (Photo: Spirit Airlines)
Spirit Airlines has, along with other low-fare carriers, challenged the DOT's new passenger protection rules. (Photo: Spirit Airlines)

New provisions to the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) passenger-protection rule become effective January 24 and 26, among them a requirement that airlines and ticket agents include all government taxes and fees in advertised ticket prices. The DOT has already implemented some aspects of the passenger-protection rule it issued last April, notably the inclusion of foreign carriers in limiting tarmac delays at U.S. airports.