Budget battle - TSA fees may increase
Dec 13, 2013, 11:36 am
#46
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Charging more for a connecting flight than a non-stop is already an abuse and unjustifiable greed, since almost no connecting passenger goes through a checkpoint at the connecting city.
A quick turn MR where you only go through one checkpoint in a day and get charged for four is just insane.
A quick turn MR where you only go through one checkpoint in a day and get charged for four is just insane.
Dec 13, 2013, 6:39 pm
#47
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CX/AC/UA/JL/NH/LX/LH/CA/MU/SQ/MH/QF/TG/BA/IB/AA/KL/AF/KE/OZ/PR charge similar on most revenue tickets.
(YQYR.)
(and some, wrongfully IMO, on award tickets.)
Dec 14, 2013, 3:54 am
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If the TSA ends the boarding pass-ID cross-checking nonsense, eliminates the voodoo "security" BDO program, scraps the strip-search machine use and focuses on WEI interdiction using the WTMD and x-ray machines with some random ETDs, the TSA already has more than enough money and can downsize.
Dec 14, 2013, 3:43 pm
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If the TSA ends the boarding pass-ID cross-checking nonsense, eliminates the voodoo "security" BDO program, scraps the strip-search machine use and focuses on WEI interdiction using the WTMD and x-ray machines with some random ETDs, the TSA already has more than enough money and can downsize.
Dec 14, 2013, 4:25 pm
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Last year, I had a JFK-BOS return, ORD-STL return, ORD-DTW return and ORD-DCA return, booked together on the same ticket as side trips for a round the world.
Had I not been able to book them all together on the one ticket, I would have had to pay $20 for the TSA tax.
Dec 14, 2013, 10:11 pm
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