[Blindtlk] the hidden tax

[David Andrews]

I must agree with Mike on both points.  This is not 
blindness-related, I have no sympathy for Spirit who apparently has 
even charged for carry on luggage.


David Andrews, Moderator

At 03:38 PM 1/26/2012, you wrote:
>First, what has this to do with blindness? Second, this argument is 
>specious because the airline must compute the fees and taxes when 
>tickets are purchased so why not provide a fee calculator and let 
>the purchasers figure it out? Sounds like Spirit is just irked it 
>can't flimflam us! Mike Freeman sent via iPhone On Jan 26, 2012, at 
>12:25, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote: > I received this from 
>Spirit Airlines RE the new regulations for divulging > taxes. There 
>may be a valid point here. > > Sherri > > >      The Hidden Tax Sale 
>Travel Deals > > > The Hidden Tax Sale! >      As always, we have 
>our famous ultra low fares on spirit.com, but the > listed fares are 
>now distorted because the U.S. Department of Transportation > is 
>forcing us to HIDE all of their taxes and fees in the fares you 
>see, > including our sale fare advertisements. > >      Taxes and 
>fees can be different by destination, by country, based on > whether 
>you are flying into or out of an airport, and so on. You get the > 
>point - it makes it too difficult for us to provide the list of 
>fares. In > fact, by the time we could figure out how to calculate 
>that, you'd be done > with your vacation already. > >      So, 
>instead of providing you our ultra low sale fares in a transparent > 
>format, we're going to have to just provide you with the routes and 
>dates. > We promise there are some great fares on those dates though 
>- check them > out! > >      Prior to this new regulation, we have 
>NEVER sold a ticket without a > customer knowing what their full 
>price would be - we always showed the fare > and the taxes and fees, 
>but separately to ensure transparency. Now the > government wants to 
>combine those. You tell us - which do you think is more > 
>transparent? We think this lack of transparency that is being forced 
>by our > government is an outrage, and we encourage you to let your 
>elected officials > know that we should reduce regulation that 
>burdens the American people. > > > >      All fares are based on 
>roundtrip purchase. Additional terms apply. > Baggage charges may 
>apply. > > > >                  Follow us on 
>Twitter: >           Forward to a friend: > > > > > > > > Sherri 
>Brun > flmom2006 at gmail.com > Procrastination has it's