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http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140619&id=17716551

Security fee on airline tickets set to rise

June 19, 2014

Airline passengers are about to pay more for security screening.

Following orders from Congress, the Transportation Security Administration is poised to raise the fee to $5.60 each way. That's up from $2.50 each way for a nonstop flight and $5 for a trip including connections.

Trips with long stopovers — more than four hours on most domestic travel — will have bigger increases because each leg will trigger a new fee.

The proposed changes will be published Friday in the Federal Register and take effect 30 days later.

Congress approved higher TSA fees as part of a December budget deal. Despite protests against the TSA's proposal, Congress dictated that the security fee rise to $5.60.

There is a 60-day public comment period, but it would likely take another act of Congress to change TSA's rules.

A spokeswoman for industry trade group Airlines for America says the changes will hurt people in smaller cities who must take more one-way flights to get where they're going.

747-237 · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:58 pm Post subject:

http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post--airline-ticket-prices-will-rise-on-july-21

Airline ticket prices will rise on July 21

TSA security screening fees will more than double this month, and increases in other fees may follow.

On July 21, the Transportation Security Administration passenger screening fee -- also known as the Sept. 11 security fee -- will more than double to $5.60 per flight leg, with no cap, The Wall Street Journal said.

The current fee is $2.50 per flight segment, with a $10 per-ticket cap.

"So a trip with multiple stops that last longer than four hours could see a whopping TSA fee multiplying with each additional leg of the itinerary," the WSJ said.

What's more, it appears that more fee hikes are on the horizon for airline passengers. In addition to the TSA fee increase, airports want to boost their facility fee from its current limit of $4.50 per boarding to $8 per boarding. Plus, Customs and Border Protection is pushing for a $2 boost in its immigration fee on international tickets (from $7 to $9).

Nimish · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject:

US learning from India? Shucks!
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