Airline add-ons such as seat selection, luggage upgrades and other "optional" fees associated with booking flights will be excluded from the government’s crackdown on so-called "drip pricing".
Airlines will swerve drip pricing scrutiny (Credit: iStock)
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), which says consumers are being stung for more than £2 billion every year in "unavoidable hidden fees", has declined to clip airlines’ wings, despite drip pricing being associated with nearly three-quarters (72%) of providers across the transport sector.
Following a consultation, a new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (DMCC) will outlaw dripped fees, ban fake reviews and require supermarkets to make their pricing clearer.
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