Originally Posted by RealHJ

That is a peculiar way of doing business in the US (and Canada) where prices advertised are not the true prices. Practically everywhere else in the world, the advertised price is the price you pay for everything. Instead of going backwards, the US should march forwards and require the real price to be advertised everywhere, from airfare, through gas stations, mobile phone service and to grocery stores (and everything else inbetween).