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US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees

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663 points duxup | 2 comments | 24 Sep 25 12:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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doodaddy ◴[24 Sep 25 13:12 UTC] No.45359838[source]▶
> Instead of the clear, itemized pricing system that passengers currently rely on, airlines could hide fees until later in the booking process…

They call what we have now “clear”? Where when looking at a page of flights I don’t know how much the multitude of economy/economy+/economy++/premium economy/business/business++ seats will cost until I click on each flight? Where every carrier offers slightly different variations of these seats such that I can’t cross-shop on Google Flights?

Is that the clear and transparent system the airlines are complaining about?

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code_for_monkey ◴[24 Sep 25 13:21 UTC] No.45359952[source]▶
yeah, now imagine when its even worse
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Mistletoe ◴[24 Sep 25 13:30 UTC] No.45360072[source]▶
I’ve seen the movie Brazil and I wish more people had so they would have voted better.
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dfee ◴[24 Sep 25 14:33 UTC] No.45360998[source]▶
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)

Looks interesting!

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1. pstuart ◴[24 Sep 25 14:39 UTC] No.45361100[source]▶
It's a must watch movie -- there's multiple editions and you should watch the directors cut.
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2. lisper ◴[24 Sep 25 16:34 UTC] No.45362729[source]▶
I know that "me too" comments are frowned upon, but I really feel the need to chime in here. Brazil is my favorite movie of all time. It is eerily prescient. It's important to keep in mind while watching it today that it was made forty years ago.

And yes, the director's cut. Absolutely the director's cut.