Airlines in the United States will refund passengers for delayed baggage and more

The US Department of Transportation proposes that airlines reimburse passengers for checked baggage fees if they are significantly delayed in arriving at their destination. Writes about it Bloomberg.

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The offer will also require airlines to promptly refund for services that passengers pay for and do not receive, including preseating, Wi-Fi and in-flight entertainment.

The plans are expected to include a forthcoming competition order to be signed by US President Joe Biden.

Brian Dees, director of the White House National Economic Council, said on Friday July 2 that the refund of airline checked baggage fees “will be part of a broader effort that the president will soon undertake to increase competition in the economy in the interest of lower prices and higher salaries for American workers. "

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Under the proposal, airlines would be required to refund fees on checked baggage if it is not delivered to the passenger or a person's agent within 12 hours of arrival at the final destination for domestic flights and within 25 hours for international flights.

The proposals represent an effort to restore some of the more consumer-friendly rules the agency tried to implement in the final months of President Barack Obama's administration. In 2019, airlines collected $5,8 billion in baggage fees and another $2,8 billion in ticket change or cancellation fees.

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A transport agency under President Donald Trump blocked a series of consumer-oriented regulations in March 2017, just weeks after he took office. The airlines applauded Trump's actions and said additional rules were "not required."

Since the Obama administration did not finalize its rulings until December 2, 2016, and they were not supposed to take effect until 2019, Trump was able to block them.

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