IT'S THE LAW - AIRLINES MUST PUBLISH TOTAL TIX PRICE

As of yesterday, US law guarantees that all advertised plane fares must include the actual total price including all taxes & fees.


Uncle Sam really did a solid for the flying public.


And - thanks to this federal reg - no longer can airlines list its non tax/fee price in BIG BOLD CAPS & follow it by the actual tix + tax + fee price in small print.


'Under the new rules, they will have to incorporate taxes and fees into the fare that's stated — the first fare that the customer sees,' says U.S. Department of Transportation.


Two airlines are so unhappy - Spirit & Allegiant  - that they are suing in court using the bogus argument that this allows the gov't to hide its taxes.


'If the government can hide taxes in your airfares, then they can carry out their hidden agenda and quietly increase their taxes,' Spirit warned on its website.


Right, Spirit marketeers - and we can really get one of those $9 flights (like you bogusly advertise) too.


Sen. Barbara Boxer says it best. '(Spirit & Allegiant are making a) deliberate attempt to deceive the flying public about a new rule that will improve the transparency of airfares for consumers.'


Give 'em hell, Barbara.


Now, Babs, what can you do about the hotel industry & their myriad of extra charges - especially those blatant rip off 'resort' fees?