Most critically, by upholding the scope of the department s regulatory authority, the court s decisi

On July 24th, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit brought by Spirit and Southwest airlines challenging the Department of Transportation s authority to regulate unfair and deceptive airline industry practices.
The ruling upheld two DOT consumer protection regulations: one requiring the airlines to prominently display the total cost of a ticket, including taxes, when advertising airfares american express travel and another allowing consumers to cancel their reservations within 24 hours after purchasing a ticket and prohibiting the airlines from changing the price of a ticket after purchase by increasing baggage fees or fuel surcharges.
This is right decision, and paves the way for DOT to continue to move forward to protect airline american express travel consumer american express travel interests and insure full disclosure of the cost of air transportation. The expected rulemaking on ancillary fees must proceed in order to complete the disclosure process and allow consumers to purchase those added services wherever they purchase airline tickets.
Most critically, by upholding the scope of the department s regulatory authority, the court s decision clears the way for the department to require airlines to provide all their ancillary fee information to global distribution system providers and online travel companies.