Airlines Must Now Give Refunds For Cancellations And Disclose All Fees

Black Enterprise— A government crackdown on airlines now orders cash refunds on flights that are cancelled or greatly delayed, as well as price transparencies.

Simplemost—Airlines now have to give you cash instead of voucher for cancelled flight. Under the new rule, airlines must automatically refund passengers for changed flights, delayed baggage and services not provided.

Gephardt Daily—New rule orders airlines to give prompt refunds for canceled, delayed flights. April 24 (UPI) — The Transportation Department said on Wednesday issued a final rule requiring airline carriers to promptly give passengers cash refunds when owed for things like canceled or significantly delayed flights and delayed or lost baggage among other issues. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the new final rule was needed to make sure passengers were made whole […] The post New rule orders airlines to give prompt refunds for canceled, delayed flights first appeared on...

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Airlines mandated to give automatic cash refunds. The Biden administration issued final rules today to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.