[Travelandtourism] Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to the Department of Transportation’s New Air Travel Rules

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Make Sure You Get Fair Treatment Thanks to the Department of Transportation’s 
New Air Travel Rules

Thanks to some new rules issued by the US Department of Transportation, you 
shouldn't have to wait in a hot, uncomfortable plane on the tarmac anymore, 
you should be reimbursed a tidy sum if you're bumped from a flight, and 
airline fees should be prominently displayed. Here's a look at the new rules 
and how they affect you.
The DOT's new guidelines force airlines to, as of tomorrow, reimburse 
passengers who are bumped from their flight twice the price of the purchased 
ticket (up to $650) unless they make other arrangements to get the passenger 
to their final destination within a couple of hours of the original arrival 
time. The longer the delay, the bigger the reimbursement: if the arrival 
time is delayed too long, passengers can claim up to four times the value of 
a ticket, up to $1300 (compared to $800 today.)

The rules also require airlines to prominently display all baggage, 
handling, cancellation, and amenity (food, pillows, etc) charges on their 
websites so no one is theoretically surprised when they get to the terminal 
or on their flight.

Perhaps most notable for people who have been trapped in a stuffy plane 
sitting on the tarmac for hours are the new DOT fines for airlines that let 
passengers sit for more than four hours: the government can fine the 
airlines up to $27,500 per passenger for the delay. You won't see any of 
that money, but you bet the airlines won't want to pay it out. Instead 
they'll leave on time or cancel a flight, in which case they have to arrange 
for your next one.

These are just the rules that go into effect this week. Airlines managed to 
delay an additional set of measures until January 2012 that hopefully, when 
combined with these changes, will make air travel a little less stressful. 
Photo by Christopher Doyle.

New Rules to Protect Airline Passengers Go Into Effect Tuesday | Consumer 
Reports

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