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FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves

The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without resolving ...

 

Airline ticket tax holiday is windfall-- for airlines

Airline ticket tax holiday is windfall-- for airlines

Finally, good news from the gridlock in Congress. Or maybe not. The federal government Saturday stopped collecting taxes on airline tickets, so flying suddenly got cheaper, right? Wrong. Many airlines just increased their airfares to match the tax drop.

 

A few points short of a ticket

Kim Bouck is wary of the fine print on the "free" ticket offer by American Express. So she gets a few of the company's promises in writing. When the promises are broken, however, American Express backtracks -- and she's left ticketless.

 

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