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Old Jul 10, 2019, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
This is such an uphill battle - the biggest hurdle by far is the court would have to find it can overrule the Federal Trade Commission which has jurisdiction on Resort Fees much like DOT with the airline industry.

That'll be the first thing brought up by Marriott.
I don’t know the US system, but in most countries consumer protection doesn’t just sit in the appropriate Dept’s jurisdiction for a given industry. Surely the way pricing is presented to consumers on a website has to be covered by a single entity?
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