Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “said he would introduce legislation that would prevent airlines from charging a fee for carry-on bags,” Reuters reports.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, said he would press the Treasury Department to issue an administrative rule that would define carry-on bags as a "reasonable necessity" to prevent airlines from imposing such charges, calling them a "slap in the face to travelers."
Schumer said if the Treasury Department cannot close what he dubbed a loophole in the law, he will introduce legislation that would mandate carry-on bags as reasonably necessary for air travel.
"Airline passengers have absorbed fees upon new fees over the last several years and they are hitting the boiling point," Schumer said in an e-mail Sunday.
(credit image – ny daily news)
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