Comment from Anonymous
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Summary: The commenter supports the proposed rule requiring airlines to display the total price (including taxes and fees) as the most prominent number. They argue that current practices are misleading and that the First Amendment does not grant airlines the right to use "trickery" in pricing.
Regarding docket number DOT-OST-2025-0831:
The airlines (and the gov't) should not be permitted/enouraged to cheat / mislead as a matter of policy. Nobody would stand for this at a supermarket nor should it be permitted for airline fares, Note: In the end, there is no advantage to the airlines when the competitors also cheat.
If this proposed rule (or rule change) passes, I simply will not use US airlines for any international travel. EU airlines are required to state the final, actual price and still manage to be profitable. I will fly foreign.
The total price, taxes and fees included, should always be the most prominent number when an airfare is advertised.
I do not find that the current standard is too prescriptive AT ALL. The full-fare rule should be maintained.
I doubt that the First Amendment explicitly permits deliberate, misleading trickery or other con-artistry. If a merchant places a price on an object I wish to buy, they do not have a First Amendment "right" to charge me more. That certainly was not the intent of the Founding Fathers!