"Forcing airlines to include taxes will also make air travel 'look' more expensive when in reality it's not," Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandy King said via e-mail last month about the move to roll mandatory taxes and fees into advertised fares.
"Our main objection ... is that there is no justification for treating air travel differently from just about everything else that consumers purchase, i.e. they pay for the price of goods and services and then pay tax," King said. "And that's how everything is advertised, as the price of the item separately from the tax on that price." (http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/travel...tml?hpt=hp_bn7)
yeah, except that airline tickets have about 7 different taxes, fees and surcharges than say, a plasma TV. Sure you know you're gonna pay tax on the TV, but you also know that the tax rate is whatever it is in your neck of the woods. no govt surcharges, 9-11 fees, tsa fees, excise tax, etc etc etc.
good job SWA. let the world know you WANT to keep your customers in the dark!
"Our main objection ... is that there is no justification for treating air travel differently from just about everything else that consumers purchase, i.e. they pay for the price of goods and services and then pay tax," King said. "And that's how everything is advertised, as the price of the item separately from the tax on that price." (http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/travel...tml?hpt=hp_bn7)
yeah, except that airline tickets have about 7 different taxes, fees and surcharges than say, a plasma TV. Sure you know you're gonna pay tax on the TV, but you also know that the tax rate is whatever it is in your neck of the woods. no govt surcharges, 9-11 fees, tsa fees, excise tax, etc etc etc.
good job SWA. let the world know you WANT to keep your customers in the dark!
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