Congress granted the TSA the authority to increase its fees from $2.50 per travel segment with $10 cap to $5.60 per segment uncapped. This represents a minimum of 224% increase. Of course, TSA thinks that it needs the higher fees. This increase is effective on all ticketed purchased starting July 21.
From the TSA website: "The revenue generated from these security fees is utilized to help ensure the safe and efficient flow of people and commerce."
With this type of bump in added air travel costs, base fare of tickets is increasingly becoming a smaller percentage of the actual total cost of an airline ticket. Once taxes, fees, baggage, seat assignments and other ancillaries are added, costs are higher. www.premieretravel.com
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