The Department of Transportation (DOT)this year required all travel agencies to fully disclose the cost of the airfares, including all taxes and fees. Airlines however are still not required to clearly display the variety of charges that they subject passengers to thus making it impossible to do reasonable comparisons of the costs of travel. The airlines have also been reluctant to allow agents access to these ancillary fees even though all global distribution systems (GDS) are ready to implement them. A federal rulemaking is expected to address this flaw in the airline distribution process by the U.S. Department of Transportation(DOT). www.premieretravel.com
