Airlines Raise Fees As FAA Taxes Go Uncollected - Erika Morphy - Selling It
Consumers could have gotten a break of $60 or so dollars, and depending on the airline, some did. Virgin America, for instance, went on Facebook to advertise its cheaper flights because of the lost tax.
Frontier Airlines and Alaska Airlines also reportedly kept pricing the same.
Meanwhile, American, United, Continental, Delta, US Airways, Southwest, AirTran and JetBlue all raised fares just enough so that consumers would still pay the same amount for the ticket, while they pocketed the savings, according to Gannett’s News-Press.
An educated consumer, etc.